Michichika TSUCHIMIKADO gained the real power, however, in 1200, Yoshitsune KUJO, the legitimate son of the Kujo family, who he thought had defeated, came back to power as Sadaijin (minister of the left), which he was appointed; Michichika, on the other hand, died in 1202.
土御門通親は実権を握るが、正治2年（1200年）、倒したはずの九条家の嫡男内大臣九条良経が左大臣に任じられ復活し、通親は建仁2年（1202年）死去。