It took ten years to finalize the unpaid tax issue and although there is no written record of its settlement, Yoshiie's passing of the zuryo-kokka-sadame is mentioned in the January 23, 1098 entry of FUJIWARA no Minetada' diary "Chuyu-ki," 'things went the Emperor's way,' indicating it was the Emperor's will.
その官物未進の決着に10年がかかるが、それがやっと完済できたのかどうかは記録が無いが、その合格は内大臣藤原宗忠の日記である中右記・承徳2年正月23日条には「件事依有院御気色也」、つまり白河法皇の意向であったことが記されている。