When he went back to the capital, he somehow came to play a role in the local agency for the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and Kyoto, and he led a search for Yoshitsune and his family members who had conflicts with Yoritomo.
またその後都に戻ると幕府の京都の出先機関のような存在になり、頼朝と対立した義経やその係累の捜索の指揮をとったりしている。