While Asano was helping to fix the Kyoto Imperial Palace that was previously burned down, but there was a possibility that Yoshinaka KIRA might have been involved in the various political moves of the bakufu towards the Imperial Palace, such as putting pressure on Emperor Gosai for the abdication of the throne, Emperor Higashiyama might have had a hatred towards Yoshinaka KIRA due to this reason.
焼失した京都御所の修理を行った浅野に対し、後西天皇に対する譲位圧力など幕府の様々な朝廷政治工作にかかわっていたであろう吉良義央を、東山天皇は憎んでいたのかもしれない。