Yoshitoki HOJO, a brother of Masako and regent, went up to Kyoto after the death of Sanetomo and requested a prince again to go down to Kamakura, but the Retired Emperor Gotoba rejected it.
政子の弟で執権の北条義時は実朝の死後上洛し、重ねて皇子東下を願い出るが、後鳥羽院は拒否。