Kanpaku Kaneka ICHIJO who was Mototeru's biological father, who had taken over the Ichijo family by being adopted from the Takatsukasa family, worried about the situation and sent a messenger to the Kasuga-Taisha Shrine asking an oracle to decide the heir.
基輝の実父で、元々鷹司家から養子に入って一条家を継いでいた当時の関白一条兼香はこれを憂慮して春日大社に使者を発して後継の神託を求めた。