In face of the above situation, Kumanosan Shrine immediately appealed to the Imperial Court and in the following year (1163), the Imperial Court requested Myobo hakase (a teacher of law) Gyorin NAKAHARA to conduct kanjin (research and report about Imperial rituals).
これに対し、熊野山はただちに朝廷に提訴し、翌長寛元年（1163年）、朝廷は明法博士の中原業倫に勧申させた。