This appointment as Zuryo (the head of the provincial governors) at Jimoku seems to have been greatly affected by the intention of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa, therefore Kunifusa seems to have been close to the Retired Emperor Shirakawa.
なお、この除目における受領の任命には白河院の意向が大きく働いていたとされることから、国房が院に近い立場にあったとも推察されている。