Takatsuna NAGASAKI, Uchi-Kanrei (head of Tokuso Family), who was appointed as the guardian of a young Takatoki in accordance with Sadatoki's will, and Tokiaki ADACHI, who was Takatoki's father-in-law and a relative on his mother's side, held real power over the affairs of state.
貞時の遺言で幼主高時の後見を託された内管領の長崎高綱と、高時の舅で外戚の安達時顕が幕政の実権を握った。