FUJIWARA no Yoritada continued in the position of chancellor (chief advisor to the Emperor) from previous government; however, FUJIWARA no Yoshichika, the Emperor's father-in-law and FUJIWARA no Koreshige, an educator to the Imperial family, took actual control of the politics.
関白には先代に引き続いて藤原頼忠が着任したが、実権を握ったのは、帝の外舅藤原義懐と乳母子藤原惟成であった。