After he abdicated from the throne, he looked after Emperor Kogon, he wrote a famous book called Kai Taishi sho in 1330 to admonish Emperor Kogon while he was Crown Prince, which predicted the coming upheaval period.
退位後は光厳天皇の養育を行い、1330年、皇太子時代の光厳天皇を訓戒するために記述した誡太子書は、来るべき動乱の時代を予見した文章として名高い。