The plan to reform the court proceded gradually, beginning on January 25, 1747, with Kaneyoshi passing the position of Kanpaku to his son, Michika, who was serving as Nairan, and being promoted to Daijo-daijin, and when Emperor Sakuramachi abdicated in favor of Emperor Momozono and started a cloistered government six months later, the entry of Kaneyoshi's daughter, Tomiko, to the court was decided quickly (though it actually happened in November 1755, after Kaneyoshi died).
この動きは延享3年12月15日_(旧暦)（1747年1月25日）に兼香がこれまで内覧を務めてきた息子・道香に関白を譲って太政大臣に昇進し、半年後に桜町天皇が桃園天皇に譲位して院政を開始すると、早くも兼香の娘・富子の入内が決定（実施は兼香没後の宝暦5年（1755年）11月）され、官制改革の構想も徐々に進めていく事になる。