Upon the death of the Cloistered Emperor, Sutoku begins devising a plan by which Shigehito can succeed to the throne, and the minister of the left, FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, who is in conflict with his brother Tadamichi, sides with Sutoku.
この法皇の死をきっかけとして、崇徳は皇位を重仁のものとするべく計画を練りはじめ、兄忠通との争いとの争いをかかえていた左大臣・藤原頼長も崇徳に加担する。