Tokitada also assisted Takakura, who was inexperienced in affairs of state, as a member of the betto from the standpoint of Takakura's uncle and Antoku's menoto (a foster father).
時忠も高倉の伯父・安徳の乳父（めのと）の立場から別当の一員として、政務に未熟な高倉を補佐することになった。