At the time, conflict between TAIRA no Yoritsuna who was Kumonjo Shitsuji (a steward of administration office) for the regent Tokimune HOJO in the Kamakura bakufu and Yasumori ADACHI who was the influential shogunal retainer and a chief vassal of the bakufu became intensified.
この頃、鎌倉幕府内では執権北条時宗の公文所執事（内管領）であった平頼綱と御家人の実力者であり幕府の重臣であった安達泰盛の争いが激化した。