However, he didn't stay in the province, but resided in Kamakura, and was appointed to a dominant gokenin (an immediate vasal of the shogunate in the Kamakura and Muromachi through Edo periods) or the post of kinjuban (an attendant to Shogun) and became a leading figure in the shogunate government.
しかし在国はせず、鎌倉に在住して有力な御家人、または近習番役などにも任じられて幕政で重きを成した。