Even after the pro-Shogunate forces, including FUJIWARA no Kanezane, took the helm of the Imperial court due to the intervention by MINAMOTO no Yoritomo in 1185, he was said to have organized a group of close associates of the Cloistered Emperor with TAKASHINA no Yasutsune, FUJIWARA no Takafusa, FUJIWARA no Sanenori and others in opposition.
文治元年（1185年）に源頼朝の介入によって宮廷内の実権が藤原兼実らの親鎌倉派に移った後も、高階泰経、藤原隆房、藤原実教らとともに法皇側近グループを組織して暗にこれに対抗したとされる。