Goshirakawa-in dominated the Court politics as "Chiten no kimi" (the retired emperor in power), and he pushed Imperial Prince Norihito (later, Emperor Takakura), who was the birth child of his favorite consort TAIRA no Shigeko, into the Crown Prince.
後白河院は治天の君として二条死後の政治を牛耳り、寵愛する平滋子所生の憲仁親王（高倉天皇）を東宮に押し込んだ。