However, the superior officers of Kaneie, who at that time was a U-daijin, were Dajo-daijin FUJIWARA no Yoritada, who had been a Kanpaku, and Sa-daijin (Minister of the Left) MINAMOTO no Masanobu.
ところが、当時右大臣であった兼家の上官には前関白の太政大臣藤原頼忠と左大臣の源雅信がいた。