At that time, more than half of the court nobles and officials belonged to the Fujiwara clan, and so, when Shinboku was carried into Kyoto, the court fell into suspended animation and the national administration was paralyzed.
当時は藤原氏の公卿・官人が朝廷の過半を占めていたから、神木の入洛中は朝廷は廃朝状態となり国政は麻痺した。