The Emperor did not like Emperor Gofukakusa to being his brother, the Retired Emperor Kameyama's line (the Daikakuji-to Imperial line) instead of his own line (the Jimyo-in Imperial line), he passed the throne to the Retired Emperor Gofukakusa's Prince, Emperor Fushimi with the Kamakura bakufu's (Japanese feudal government headed by a Shogun) mediation in 1287.
弘安十年（1287年）、後深草天皇が、自分の血統（持明院統）ではなく、弟亀山上皇の血統（大覚寺統）が天皇になったのを不満に思っていたので、鎌倉幕府の斡旋により、後深草上皇の皇子・伏見天皇に譲位した。