But considering the facts that during the reign of Emperor Murakami, Saneyori was appointed Shokei, the office responsible for issuing appointment Daijokanpu (official documents issued by Dajokan, Grand Council of State) and Imperial orders, more often than Morosuke and that Saneyori decided to hold the coronation ceremony of Emperor Reizei in the Shishinden, rather than in the Daigokuden as the standard place for that ceremony, because of the Emperor's illness, it is not appropriate to conclude that Saneyori didn't have sufficient power in politics.
しかし、村上天皇朝においては、太政官符・宣旨発給の責任者である上卿（しょうけい）の回数が師輔と較べて多いことや、冷泉天皇即位式の際、通常大極殿で行うべきところを、天皇御悩のために紫宸殿挙行に変更させたことなどを考慮すると、実頼の政治的実権は乏しかったとするのは穏当ではない。