After the Jokyu war, Tameie was smoothly promoted since his foster father Kintsune SAIONJI, who was close to Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), seized real power of Imperial Court. |
承久の乱の後、鎌倉幕府と親しい養父西園寺公経が朝廷の実権を握ったことで、為家も順調に昇進する。 |