Since there were rumors in the Imperial Court that the Retired Emperor Sutoku put a curse on Emperor Konoe to kill him in collaboration with FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, the Cloistered Emperor Toba got so angry that he had Imperial Prince Masahito take the throne, a younger brother of the Retired Emperor Sutoku (Emperor Goshirakawa), rather than Imperial Prince Shigehito.
しかしながら、宮廷には崇徳上皇が藤原頼長と結んで近衛天皇を呪い殺したという噂が流れ、これに激怒した鳥羽法皇は重仁親王ではなく、上皇の弟である雅仁親王を即位させてしまう（後白河天皇）。