As a political activity, he was asked to raise the court ranks of persons in his clan in order to send them into the imperial court, and it was vital for him to make persons in his clan marry those in the imperial family in order to raise the toshi choja's position in the political world.
政治的活動としては、氏爵として多くの氏人を廟堂に送り込むことが求められ、藤氏長者自身の政治的地位を高めるため、皇族との婚姻は欠かせないものであった。