in 1596 he gave his family estate to his son nagafusa with the excuse that he was old , and retired . 慶長元年（1596年）、高齢を理由に子の長房に家督を譲って隠居した。
masako invited yoshikazu to the hojo ' s residence in nagoe with the excuse that they would make a kuyo (put offerings ) to yakushi-nyorai (healing buddha ). 政子が薬師如来供養を口実に能員を名越の北条邸に招いた。
at first , yasubei rejected it with the excuse that he should avoid the extinction of the nakayama family ' s line , however , yahei ' s wish was so strong that he reported to his lord naganori asano , saying , " even though the horibe surname is lost , i want to adopt yasubei nakayama as husband for my daughter ." はじめ安兵衛は、中山家を潰すわけにはいかないと断っていたが、弥兵衛の思い入れは強く、ついには主君の浅野長矩に「堀部の家名は無くなるが、それでも中山安兵衛を婿養子に迎えたい」旨を言上した。
even after this frustrating incident , the emperor , who formed a plot to overthrow the shogunate , closely associated with monks such as monkan of godai-ji temple and enkan of hossho-ji temple . in 1329 he offered a prayer in private wishing for control over the kanto district , with the excuse that the prayer was for his wife ' s easy delivery . with this excuse he made use of visits to temples in the northern part of kyoto , such as kofuku-ji temple and enryaku-ji temple , to make contact with influential religious persons . 天皇はその後も密かに倒幕を志し、醍醐寺の文観や法勝寺の円観などの僧を近習に近づけ、元徳2年（1329年）には中宮の御産祈祷と称して密かに関東調伏の祈祷を行い、興福寺や延暦寺など南都の寺社に赴いて寺社勢力と接近する。
even after this frustrating incident , the emperor , who formed a plot to overthrow the shogunate , closely associated with monks such as monkan of godai-ji temple and enkan of hossho-ji temple . in 1329 he offered a prayer in private wishing for control over the kanto district , with the excuse that the prayer was for his wife ' s easy delivery . with this excuse he made use of visits to temples in the northern part of kyoto , such as kofuku-ji temple and enryaku-ji temple , to make contact with influential religious persons . 天皇はその後も密かに倒幕を志し、醍醐寺の文観や法勝寺の円観などの僧を近習に近づけ、元徳2年（1329年）には中宮の御産祈祷と称して密かに関東調伏の祈祷を行い、興福寺や延暦寺など南都の寺社に赴いて寺社勢力と接近する。
