Sukehira thought this would invite an all-out confrontation between the Imperial Court and the Bakufu, and so the Imperial Prince Sukehito, his brother, would be in danger if the situation was left as such.
輔平はこのままでは朝廷と幕府の全面対決を招いて兄・典仁親王の身にも危険が及ぶと考えた。