Yoshinaka suggested Emperor Goshirakawa, through his close friend, a high-ranking Buddhist priest Shungyo, for Hokurokunomiya to succeed the throne, but this suggestion was totally ignored by the Cloistered Emperor.
義仲は親しかった俊尭僧正を介して北陸宮を皇位継承者にすべきと後白河天皇に推挙したが、法皇からは完全に無視された。