 Heizei's lover the Fujiwara no Kusuko and her older brother the "sangi" Fujiwara no Nakanari were punished for the incident.The incident was originally viewed as having been precipitated by Kusuko herself, and thus was called the "Kusuko Incident".In recent years, the view that the incident was caused by the division of power between the emperor of Japan and retired emperor under the Ritsuryō system has taken root.