Also, because the Edo bakufu's policy for controling the Imperial Court excluded families below the rank of Seigake from the highest political decision-making process, Kaneyoshi and his heir, Michika, as Ministers of the Left and Right, were left in control of, but unable to make progress in, government affairs (in addition, Michika was appointed Nairan (in charge of inspecting documents submitted to the Emperor) when Kaneyoshi was temporarily forced to rest due to paralysis in 1739).
また、江戸幕府の朝廷統制政策により清華家以下の諸家は政治の最高意思決定の場から実質排除されていたため、兼香と嫡男・道香が左右大臣として政務を取り仕切らなければ、政務が進まないという事態に陥ったのである（なお、道香は元文4年（1739年）に兼香が一時中風によって静養を余儀なくされた際に内覧に任じられている）。