Yoritomo wanted this marriage for the political advantage it would bring, and Masako thought that marriage ito the Imperial family would make Ohime happy, but Ohime became very ill.
頼朝は政治的に大きな意味のあるこの入内を強く望み、政子も相手が帝なら大姫も喜ぶだろうと考えたが、大姫は重い病の床につく。