However, since around this time, a split of the aristocrats into the Imperial Faction and the Prince Kuniyoshi Faction began to be visible, and the Imperial Faction was caught in a difficult situation because the Jimyoin-to lineage and the Bakufu (Shogunate) supported the latter faction.
しかし、この頃から大覚寺統を支持する公家の間で天皇派と邦良親王派への分裂が見られ始め、後者を持明院統側や幕府が支持したために天皇側は窮地に立たされる。