Hideyoshi had gathered residences of the court nobility in a town of court nobility near the Imperial Palace inhabited by Emperor, but the Kami Reizei family were unable to have a residence there because the town had already been fully established by the time they were forgiven and allowed to return.
かつて秀吉は、天皇の住まう御所周辺に公家たちの屋敷を集め公家町を形成したが、上冷泉家は、公家町が完全に成立した後に許されて都に戻ったため、公家町内に屋敷を構えることが出来なかった。