The next Emperor Shirakawa also treated his former teacher Sanemasa very well, and Sanemasa was smoothly advanced as Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) in 1077, and as Sangi (councilor) Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1080.
次代の白河天皇も恩師である実政を厚遇し、承保4年（1077年）に蔵人頭、承暦4年（1080年）には参議・従三位と順調に昇進する。