In the next year, his father, Korechika, was demoted to Dazai gon no sochi (Provisional Governor-General of the Dazai-fu offices) as he attempted to frighten Emperor Kazan by shooting arrows.
翌年、父伊周が花山天皇に対し弓を射掛けると言う不敬事件で大宰権帥に左遷される。