In the Daikakuji-to lineage, the Emperor Go-Daigo had been considered from the beginning as a caretaker emperor, and his enthronement was conditional, to be terminated at the time when the Prince Kuniyoshi, son of the late Emperor Go-Nijo (his elder brother), would be grown up.
大覚寺統内部では当初より後醍醐天皇は傍流、中継ぎとして認識されており、その即位は兄後二条天皇の遺児である皇太子邦良親王成人までという条件付のものであった。