The cloister government could not have been regulated by the government of Edo with Kinchu Narabini Kuge Shohatto, since its system was beyond the control of the Imperial Palace.
院政は朝廷の法体系の枠外の仕組みであり、禁中並公家諸法度に基づく幕府の統制の手が届かなかったからである。