In fact, the government of Edo was against the cloister government of the late Cloistered Emperor Gomizunoo, which was being continued by the young Emperor; meanwhile, the daughter of the second shogun, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, who was also the pontificate second consort of the Emperor, Tohuku-Mon In, protected the cloister government, which had to be ignored, but the government of Edo did not intend to do the same with the Retired Emperor Reigen.
実は先代の後水尾法皇の院政にも幕府は反対であったが、幼少の天皇が続いた事に加えて、2代将軍徳川秀忠の娘である法皇の中宮・東福門院がこれを擁護したために黙認せざるを得なかったのであるが、霊元上皇にも同様な事を許す考えは無かった。