Around that time, Nobuyori held tremendous power; the former sessho (regent) FUJIWARA no Tadamichi who had quarreled with Nobuyori, was rebuked by the Retired Emperor and he suffered under house arrest.
そのころの信頼の権勢は大変なもので、信頼といざこざを起こした前摂政藤原忠通は院から叱責をうけ閉門の憂き目にあった。