Given the circumstances, Bungo-bushi was banned on the grounds that it might cause the corruption of public morals and Bungo no jo was forced to leave Edo (however, some people assert that this ban of Bungo-bushi was a form of harassment by the Edo Joruri society, including Kato-bushi).
このため、風俗紊乱を理由に豊後節の禁止が布告され、豊後掾が江戸を去らねばならなくなった（ただし、この豊後節禁止は河東節をはじめとする江戸浄瑠璃側の嫌がらせという説もある）。