Nevertheless, Yoshiie maintained high reputation and the Cloistered Emperor allowed him access to the imperial court in 1098, with which he was moved, but the climate at that time was such that the Kugyo (high court noble) community which considered the social status of samurai to be low did not take it well.
それでも、義家の声望は依然として高く、承徳2年（1098年）法皇は義家に院の昇殿を許し、義家は感激したが、武士の身分を低く見る当時の公卿社会はこれすらも納得しない風潮だった。