In the Imperial Court, under the background of the uprising anti-Fujiwara power, he was relegated in the same year to Dazai no shoni (Junior Assistant Govenor-General of Dazai-fu offices) because of the slander against his relatives.
朝廷内では、反藤原氏勢力が台頭した背景のもと、同年、親族への誹謗を理由に大宰少弐に左遷される。