Seeing this, FUJIWARA no Koremichi made a sarcastic comment, based on the fact that KIBI no Makibi was Udaijin, 'Following Kibi no Otodo, we now have Awa no Otodo, and soon or later, we will also have Hie no Otodo (Kibi, Awa and Hie are Japanese names of cereals included in the gokoku - five representative cereals in Japan)' and made people laugh ("Heiji Monogatari").
これを見た藤原伊通は、かつて吉備真備が右大臣の任にあったことを引き合いに、「黍（吉備）の大臣に続いて粟（阿波）の大臣が現れたのだから、いずれは稗の大臣も現れるだろう」と皮肉を飛ばして、大いに人々を笑わせたという（『平治物語』）。