However, when Nakamaro, through Emperor Junnin, expostulated with the Retired Empress Koken about her being partial to Dokyo, the standoff arose between the group of the Retired Empress Koken-Dokyo and the group of Emperor Junnin-Nakamaro.
しかし、孝謙上皇が道鏡を寵愛し、仲麻呂が淳仁天皇を通じてこれを諌めたところ、上皇が激怒して天皇から政権を奪い、孝謙上皇・道鏡派と淳仁天皇・仲麻呂派の対立が起きる。