On the other hand the Cloistered Emperor Reigen was opposed to the bakufu for a long time, he also agreed to this plan to drive a wedge into the relationship between Motohiro KONOE and the bakufu, in which Konoe got the basis of his political power from.
一方、霊元法皇は長年幕府と対立関係にあったが、政敵である近衛基熙の権力基盤である幕府との関係に楔を打ち込むためにこれに応じたのである。