In addition, as the emperor did not leave all affairs of state to Yoritada and made MINAMOTO no Masanobu work as the ichi no kami, the political powers were decentralized and Yoritada's political ground was unstable.
また、天皇も親政への意欲から政務の全てを頼忠には一任せずに左大臣の源雅信に一上としての職務を行わせたために権力が分散され、その政治的基盤も不安定であった。