However, after the downfall of Naoyoshi ASHIKAGA, who played the leading role in planning for a new administration that carried over from the Kamakura bakufu system, Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA consecutively became the In no betto (chief administrator of the Retired Emperor's office) and Daijodaijin (Grand Minister) absorbing the political functions of the retired emperor's office and Imperial Court into the structure of the bakufu.
しかし、鎌倉幕府の体制を引き継いだ政権構想を主導してきた足利直義の没落、足利義満が院別当・太政大臣などを歴任することで院政・朝廷の政治機能が幕府機構に吸収された。