However Yorimichi and Norimichi kept on putting pressure on Prince Takahito directly or indirectly, to send their daughters to Emperor Gosuzaku's Palace and take control of political power as maternal grandfather.
しかし、頼通や教通は、後冷泉天皇の後宮に娘を入内させて外祖父として権力を握る為に、尊仁親王に対して陽に陰に圧迫を加えていた。