MINAMOTO no Yoritomo had Kanezane KUJO as his spokesman at the Imperial Court, however, at the time of his daughter Ohime's judai (an Imperial Consort's bridal entry into court) for the Emperor Gotoba, he consulted MINAMOTO no Michichika, who was anti-Kanezane and even anti-bakufu, and not Kanezane.
源頼朝は親幕派の九条兼実を朝廷での代弁者としていたが、娘の大姫(源頼朝の娘)の後鳥羽天皇への入内に際し、既に院に九条任子を入内させていた九条兼実ではなく反兼実派で反幕派でもある源通親に相談した。