Until it fell into ruin due to the civil wars in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), the Toba-dono Palace held political significance as a base for the successive generations of Chiten no kimi (the retired emperor in power).
鳥羽殿は南北朝時代(日本)の内乱で荒廃するまで歴代の治天の君の拠点として政治的な意味も持った。