Here Michizane, as the thundergod, wreaks havoc on the palace. Tokihira, on the far left, brandishes his sword in defiance, saying "When you served at the court, you were not lacking in propriety toward me. Though you are become a god, do you no longer owe a duty to the emperor? If you revere the son of heaven and have not refused to be a protecting divinity, then be quiet awhile, and tranquilly make your virtue felt." In the Taiheiki version of the story, the thundergod temporarily becomes quiet, but they still have to call in the Tendai esoteric Buddhist priest Hossho to exorcise Michizane. (McCullough trans, Taiheiki, p. 359)