Tokikage and his father Tokiaki wielded reins of power as maternal relatives of the Tokuso Family of the Hojo clan, having his sisters married to the regent Takatoki HOJO and he, himself married a daughter of Uchi-Kanrei (the head of Tokuso family) Enki NAGASAKI.
姉妹が執権北条高時の妻であり、内管領長崎円喜の娘を妻として父時顕と共に北条得宗家外戚として権勢を強めた。