Michichika and Tango no tsubone, who were In no Kinshin (the retired Emperor's courtiers), tried to deprive kokugaryo (territories governed by provincial government office) without permission to be used for the retired Emperor's shoen (manor in medieval Japan) just before the death of Emperor Goshirakawa; however, Yoritomo took back the vast shoen with stern measures together with Kanezane and returned it to kokugaryo.
頼朝はかつて後白河天皇の死去の直前、院近臣の通親や丹後局が勝手に国衙領を院の荘園として分捕ろうとした莫大な荘園を、兼実とともに断固たる処置で国衙領に戻した。