After the Cloistered Emperor Gosaga died and the Imperial lineage was transferred (from the Daikakuji-to (Imperial lineage starting with the Emperor Kameyama) to Jimyoin-to (Imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to the Emperor Gokomatsu)), it was not rare for a court noble not to become a priest and move to the opposite side (or we can say most of court nobles acted so).
当時、後嵯峨法皇崩御、皇統の移動（大覚寺統から持明院統）という事態に対して、出家もせず相手側陣営に奔った公卿達は少なくない（むしろ大半がそうであった）。