His assignment to Dazaifu (local government office in Kyusyu region) was postponed because Toyonari shut himself in his second home in Nanba under the guise of "illness" to protest against it, and then lived in retirement there for eight years.
だが、これに抗議の意を込めて「病気」と称して難波にあった自分の別荘に籠ったため、大宰府行きは無期延期状態となり豊成はそこで8年間の隠遁生活を送った。