In doing so, the Shogunate was then able to position the Imperial court and the Emperor's enemy in such a way as to make it appear that this was just an internal struggle of the Imperial court; this strategy was actually used for the Tobu Emperor's enthronement at the end of Edo period.
こうすれば、朝廷対朝敵の図式を、単なる朝廷の内部抗争と位置づけることができるからであり、実際に幕末には東武皇帝の即位として利用している。