After Yoritomo's requested to the imperial court in 1184 that Tsunefusa be appointed Gon Chunagon was accepted, many of Yoritomo's requests to the imperial court or the office of the retired emperor became to be made through Tsunefusa.
元暦元年（1184年）に頼朝が朝廷に対して経房の権中納言昇進を求めて受け入れられたのを機に頼朝からの朝廷や院への要請は多くが経房を経由して行われるようになる。