This was evidence that Emperor Higashiyama and Motohiro disliked Yoshinaka KIRA, who supposedly manipulated imperial court politics in many ways as one member of the bakufu.
幕府の様々な朝廷政治工作にかかわっていたであろう高家肝煎の吉良義央を東山天皇や基熈も内心では嫌っていた証拠でもある。