As the second best policy, a son of Michiie KUJO, Mitora (later Yoritsune FUJIWARA), from Sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor), was appointed as the 4th shogun (Sekke Shogun).
次善の策として摂関家から九条道家の子・藤原頼経（後の頼経）を4代将軍として迎え入れることとなった（摂家将軍）。