Sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor), to which the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) totally entrusted the management of the Imperial Court, was in danger of decline during the eras from Emperor Sakuramachi to Emperor Momozono (Gembun and Kanpo eras).
桜町天皇から桃園天皇の時代（元文・寛保年間）、江戸幕府から朝廷運営の一切を任されていた摂関家は衰退の危機にあった。