The next year, Retired Empress Koken came to favor Buddhist monk Dokyo of the Yuge clan, who took care of her when she was taken with ill, which caused another conflict with Emperor Junnin who criticized her behavior.
翌年、病に伏せった孝謙上皇は、看病に当たった弓削氏の僧・道鏡を寵愛するようになるが、それを批判した淳仁天皇と対立する。