Thus after the Prince's grandfather, Emperor Gouda asked the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) to organize a temporary Emperor from the Daikakuji Imperial line after Emperor Hanazono, considering the situation that Emperor Gonijo's era was shorter than ten years, which was the agreement for sharing Imperial succession between the Daikakuji Imperial line and the Jimyoin Imperial line, the bakufu approved it and decided to let Emperor Nijo's younger brother, Imperial Prince Takaharu (later called Emperor Godaigo) Crown Prince.
そこで祖父である後宇多天皇の要請を受けた鎌倉幕府は後二条天皇の在位が大覚寺統・持明院統間の皇位移譲約束である10年より短い事を配慮して、花園天皇の後に大覚寺統から中継ぎの天皇を立てることを容認し、後二条天皇の弟である尊治親王（後の後醍醐天皇）を皇太子にする事になった。