During this time, however, he was dismissed from his position of Sakone gon no chujo (Provisional Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) in the political coup of 1179, because he was one of the trusted vassals of the retired emperor.
またこの間、治承3年（1179年）の治承三年の政変においては、院近臣の一人として左近衛権中将の職を解任されている。