Also, the fact that his father, Michiie, and his maternal grandfather, Kimitsune SAIONJI, as Kanto moshitsugi (the court official in charge of liaison with the Shogunate), began to exercise authority over the Shogunate and the Imperial Court became a serious problem.
また、父の道家と外祖父の西園寺公経が関東申次として幕府・朝廷の双方に権力を振るい始めた事も深刻な問題と化してきた。