The Gofukakusa-in started a movement for Emperor Gouda to abdicate and to appoint the newest Crown Prince since 1280, finally, when Emperor Fushimi succeeded to the throne in October 1287, Gofukakusa-in began his cloistered government.
その後、弘安三年（1280年）頃から後深草院方による後宇多退位と皇太子擁立の動きが強まり、ついに十年（1287年）十月、伏見天皇即位に伴い院政を開始した。