He did not ease his hard-line stance when Nobunaga ODA went up to Kyoto, arguing against Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI's changing the surname to FUJIWARA and disapproving Hideyoshi's assumption of the post of Kanpaku.
織田信長が上洛した際も強硬姿勢を崩さず、豊臣秀吉の藤原氏への改姓の不可を論じその関白就任にも反対していた。