While the nobles in the capital recognized the immeasurable wealth of the Oshu Fujiwara clan and were frightened of the influence of its military power to political situations, they tended to despise the clan as mysterious barbarians.
都の貴族達は奥州藤原氏の計り知れない財力を認識し、その武力が天下の形勢に関わる事を恐れながらも、得体の知れない蛮族と蔑む傾向があった。