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According to Kitabatake Chikafusa's 14th century account, Mototsune resolved the problem of succession by simply going to visit Tokiyatsu-shinnō, where the kampaku addressed the prince as a sovereign and assigned imperial guards.

The prince signaled his acceptance by going into the imperial palaquin, which then conducted him to the emperor's residence within the palace.

Curiously, he was still wearing the robes of a prince when he decided to take this ride into an entirely unanticipated future.