Though Tokiyori already had a son named Tokisuke HOJO with his concubine, he strongly wished to have an heir with his lawful wife and offered a fervent prayer for pregnancy at Tsuruoka Hachiman-gu Shrine.
時頼はすでに北条時輔という男子をもうけていたが庶子であり、正妻から嫡子が生まれる事を強く望んでおり、鶴岡八幡宮に懐妊祈願を行っている。