The Southern Court, which was supposed to have an overwhelming superiority driving the force of the Northern Court and Bakufu into a corner by abducting of the Retired Emperors or others; they lost their superiority almost as soon as Kogimonin accepted to take government practices.
南朝は、上皇ら拉致により北朝・幕府側を回復不能の窮状へ追い込み、圧倒的な優位に立ったはずだったが、広義門院の政務受諾によりその優位性をほぼ完全に失ってしまったのである。