It seems that Tokitada came to keep a certain distance from Goshirakawa and Kiyomori due to his distrust of them based on Tokitada's bitter experiences of being abandoned by Kiyomori at the time of his first downfall and by Goshirakawa at the time of his second downfall, and, after his return to politics, his activities as a close aide of Kenshunmonin became remarkable.
時忠は一回目の失脚では清盛に、二回目の失脚では後白河に切り捨てられた苦い経験から、双方に不信感を抱いて距離を置くようになったらしく、政界復帰後は建春門院側近としての活動が顕著となる。