Since his childhood, he had strong antipathy to the involvement of the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) in political affairs and tasks at the Imperial Court, including succession to the throne. |
幼少の頃より、朝廷政事、殊に皇位継承に至るまで、幕府が干渉することに対して強い反感を抱いていたという。 |