At the end of the Edo period, Emperor Kokaku, who was from Kanin-no-miya (閑院宮), abdicated to his son, Emperor Ninko, and conducted insei, which is currently considered to be the last occurrence of insei.
江戸時代末期（文化年間～弘化年間）に閑院宮出身の光格天皇が、息子の仁孝天皇に譲位して院政を行ったが、これが現在において最後の院政である。