In order to control the power of Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple, Yoshinori, who had been the head priest of the Tendai sect, appointed his own younger brother, Gisho, to the same position immediately after returning to secular life.
もともと天台座主であった義教は還俗後すぐに弟の義承を天台座主に任じ、比叡山勢力の取り込みを図った。