Meanwhile, FUJIWARA no Yoshifusa belonging to the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan began to gain power rapidly by winning the confidence of the Retired Emperor Saga and the Empress Dowager TACHIBANA no Kachiko (Empress Dowager Danrin).
この間に藤原北家の藤原良房が嵯峨上皇と皇太后橘嘉智子（檀林皇太后）の信任を得て急速に台頭し始めていた。