After becoming Kanpaku, Kaneyoshi asked the Edo bakufu for assistance in reviving the Daijo-sai festival (a festival to celebrate the succession of an emperor), which had drained the finances when it was revived once for Emperor Higashiyama and so was not held for Emperor Nakamikado.
関白となった兼香は東山天皇の時代に一度は復活しながらも財政不足から次の中御門天皇時代には開けなかった大嘗祭復活のための支援を江戸幕府に求めた。