As shown by the fact that OE no Hiromoto assumed the position of the first Betto (secretary) in Mandokoro (government office) of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), the Oe clan who was a rival in his family business, Monjodo defected from the center of the Imperial Court.
大江広元が鎌倉幕府政所初代別当に就任するということに代表されるように、家業の文章道におけるライヴァル的存在の大江氏が朝廷の中心から離脱したこと。