He married Jinshi, a daughter of the Kujo family, in 1237, and he tried to reconcile the long-standing differences between the Konoe family and the Kujo family, and in the same year, Michiie handed to him the position as Emperor Shijo's sessho.
嘉禎3年（1237年）に九条道家の娘・仁子を娶って長年不仲であった近衛家と九条家の和解に努め、同年に道家から四条天皇の摂政の地位を譲られた。