At that time, since Jien, who was a real younger brother of Kanezane KUJO, assumed the position of Tendai-zasu (head priest of the Tendai sect), the Tendai sect came to have a close connection with the Kujo family, and the Shingon sect also bent before power of the Kujo family which was the kingmaker in the imperial court.
当時、天台宗は九条兼実の実弟慈円が天台座主を務めて以来、九条家との密着が進み、また真言宗も朝廷の実力者である同家に靡いていた。