This incident provoked the Emperor's anger at Sanekata, who was ordered to 'go think upon uta makura (conventional poetic epithets)' and was subsequently demoted to the post of Governor of Mutsu Province, and thereby was sent away from the capital. |
これが原因で天皇の怒りをかい、「歌枕を見てまいれ」と命じられ、実方は陸奥守に左遷され現地に下向。 |