In 1284, Tokimune, the regent to the shogunate who had played a coordinating role between both parties, died and his 14-year-old legitimate child Sadatoki HOJO became the ninth regent.
弘安7年（1284年）に両者の調停役となっていた執権時宗が死去し、14歳の嫡子北条貞時が9代執権となった。