Having retired to Uji for an extended period of time, Tadazane returned to the political arena following the death of Shirakawa-in, who was strong-willed and had an oppressive attitude towards the Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents), and began to restore the authority of the Sekkan-ke under the supervision of the cloistered government of Toba-in.
我意を通し、摂関家に対し高圧的な態度をとった白河院の死によって、長らく宇治に籠居していた忠実は政界に復帰し、鳥羽院政の下、摂関家の権威回復に着手した。