The Nijo direct rule faction and the Goshirakawa Insei faction, despite being pitted in an increasingly harsh antagonism, had one goal in common, eliminating Shinzei, and so they searched for opportunities to strike him down.
二条親政派と後白河院政派は互いに激しく対立していたが、信西の排除という点では意見が一致し、信西打倒の機会を伺っていた。