However, the actual control of politics was still with FUJIWARA no Saneyori and FUJIWARA no Morosuke (brothers of the regent-and-chancellor family); in addition, the Emperor's mother Onshi and older brother, the Cloistered Emperor Suzaku in his pious life, tried to get involved in politics as guardians, so the government--which was supposed to be ruled by the Emperor--was a superficial one.
しかし実際には政治の実権は依然摂関家の藤原実頼・藤原師輔兄弟にあり、更に母の穏子や兄の朱雀法皇も後見を名目に政治に関与しようとしたため、親政は表象にすぎなかった。