On hearing this plan, Nobusuke KONOE pressed Akizane NIJO, who had served as Kanpaku only for six months, to relinquish the position of Kanpaku to him because Nobusuke hated to assume the position as former Sadaijin.
これを聞いた近衛信輔は前官の状態で関白となる事を嫌い、在任わずか半年の二条昭実に関白を譲るように迫った。