The Retired Emperor Goshirakawa, who was enthroned as a makeshift emperor until Emperor Nijo, was not powerful enough as the leader of a Retired Emperor's administration, and the power of the Sekkan-regent families was almost lost as a result of Hogen Disturbance.
元々二条天皇の中継ぎとして即位していた後白河上皇は院としての権威が弱く保元の乱で摂関家の権威は地に落ちた。