As Michitaka raised his son to higher official ranks ignoring the competitors, resentment smoldered among all the people in and out of the Imperial Court, from the biological mother of Emperor Ichijo, FUJIWARA no Senshi (younger sister of Michitaka) on down.
道隆による強引な子息の官位引き上げは、一条天皇の生母藤原詮子（道隆の妹）をはじめとして、朝野上下の不満を募らせた。