However, the system of duumvirate leadership in which Takauji retained the right of control of the military inevitably caused the formation of factions within the bakufu which led to the tragedy of the Kanno Disturbance.
しかし、尊氏に軍事指揮権を温存した二頭政治は必然的に幕府内に派閥を発生させ、それが観応の擾乱という悲劇を生むことになった。