The situation at that time was described in a report to the throne as 'People in six districts in the East of Kyoto revolted like barbarians, stating that they own the territories and acting against the order of the throne,' by MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi, Narito's successor.
当時の状況は後任の源頼義による上奏文に、「東夷蜂起シ郡県ヲ領シ以ッテ夷地トナシ、人民ヲ駆使シ蛮虜トナシ六カ郡中、国務ニ従ガワズ、皇威ヲ忘ルルガ如シ」とある。