However, the Kanin family seceded from the retired Emperor Sutoku's party through political incidents such as the downfall of Yorinaga in 1155 and the demise of the Cloistered Emperor Toba which occurred the following year.
しかし閑院家は、1155年の頼長の失脚や、その翌年の鳥羽法皇崩御などの政治事件を経て、最終的には崇徳上皇方から離反した。