Sadaie, however, was unable to achieve his goal of holding a top-notch political post like Udaijin (Minister of the Right), FUJIWARA no Sanesuke, who seemed to be Sadaie's role model and even appeared in his dream according to the chapter of 'September 27 of the first year of the Antei era' in "Meigetsuki."
しかし、定家が憧れて夢にまで見たとされる（『明月記』安貞元年9月27日条）右大臣藤原実資のように政治的な要職に就くことは適わなかった。