However, as various families within the clan including the head family Hino objected to Sukeie's adopting a child from the Karahashi family of the Sugawara lineage, this matter triggered heated arguments at the Imperial Palace and the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) subsequently intervened.
ところが、宗家の日野家をはじめとする一門の諸家が菅原氏系の唐橋家からの猶子に反対したのをきっかけに朝廷の議論は紛糾して室町幕府もこれに介入した。