However, even though he immediately became Udaijin and the Chief of the To (Fujiwara) Family Michinaga still did not assume the position of Kanpaku, and he continued to remain as the Minister of the Right (later the Minister of the Left) with the qualifications as Nairan and as Ichinokami (Head of Kugyo).
だが、直後に右大臣・藤氏長者に補されたにも関わらず、道長は依然として関白に就任せず、内覧と一上の資格を有した右大臣（後に左大臣）の地位に留まり続けている。