Court nobles agreed with the plan that a newborn princess called Imperial Princess Yoshiko would marry the new emperor, but the Retired Emperor Gosakuramachi and the former Kanpaku Uchisaki KONOE, who was regarded as a senior member among Court nobles, supported Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Sadayoshi, who was four years old at that time and was a child of Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Kuniyori.
生まれたばかりの皇女欣子内親王を新帝の后とする事で公卿の意見は一致したが、後桜町天皇と長老格の前関白・近衛内前は、伏見宮邦頼親王の子で4歳の伏見宮貞敬親王を推した。