Immediately after the Heiji War, he captured FUJIWARA no Tsunemune and FUJIWARA no Korekata, close associates of Emperor Nijo, on the order of Kiyomori, according to "Gukansho" (Jottings of a Fool).
平治の乱の直後には清盛の命で、二条天皇側近の藤原経宗・藤原惟方を逮捕している（『愚管抄』）。