The Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) made a request of inviting the Imperial Prince as the next Shogun immediately after the assassination of Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") MINAMOTO no Sanetomo, but the retired Emperor Gotoba, who decided to defeat the Kamakura bakufu, rejected the request.
征夷大将軍源実朝が暗殺された直後、鎌倉幕府から親王を次期将軍に迎えたいとする要請が出されるが、鎌倉幕府打倒を決意していた後鳥羽上皇に拒絶される。