It is presumed that he worked as a liaison between Kamakura and Kyoto playing a role of the agent in Kyoto for Kamakura bakufu, however, his contact with the Imperial Court as a close retainer of Retired Emperor Gotoba was gradually getting more intimate.
在京の鎌倉幕府代理人的な立場になって鎌倉と京の連絡役を務めたと思われるが、いっぽうで後鳥羽近臣として朝廷との接触を深めていく。