However, his campaign for the enthronement of Imperial Prince Tokiwainomiya Tsuneaki without telling the Retired Emperor Gouda made the people of the Daikakuji-to shut him, and his power decayed.
だが、後宇多上皇に内緒で常盤井宮恒明親王擁立に動いたことで大覚寺統から忌避されるようになると権力に翳りも見られた。