When he assembled the court nobles to discuss deposing the emperor and replacing him with Prince Tokiyasu, the Minister of the Left, MINAMOTO no Toru (the twelfth son of Emperor Saga) asserted that he himself also had the pedigree, and was therefore qualified to become emperor.
公卿を集めて天皇の廃位と時康親王の推戴を議したところ、左大臣源融（嵯峨天皇の第12皇子）は自分もその資格があるはずだと言いだした。