Shirakawa died after placing Toba's first prince (Emperor Sutoku) on the throne, and Toba started to conduct Insei, but Toba turned a cold shoulder to Sutoku and had him succeed the Imperial Throne to Toba's ninth prince, Emperor Konoe (whose mother was FUJIWARA no Nariko) (after Konoe's death, his elder brother, Emperor Goshirakawa, whose mother was FUJIWARA no Shoshi, succeeded to the throne).
白河は、鳥羽の第一皇子（崇徳天皇）を皇位につけた後に没し、鳥羽が院政を布くこととなったが、鳥羽は崇徳を疎んじ、第九皇子である近衛天皇（母、藤原得子）へ皇位を継がせた（近衛没後はその兄の後白河天皇（母、藤原璋子）が継いだ）。