Meanwhile, in 1156 when he held the post of Gon Dainagon (Provisional chief councilor of state), he advised the Cloistered Emperor Toba, who was seriously ill, to prepare in advance for the disturbance that could be expected to follow his death (in the entry of "Gukansho").
またこの間、権大納言の地位にあった保元元年（1156年）には、重篤となっていた鳥羽法皇に対し、その死後予想される兵乱に備えるよう奏上している（『愚管抄』）。