After the enthronement of Emperor Nijo, he organized the faction supporting Emperor Nijo with FUJIWARA no Tsunemune and others, and confronted with Shinzei who was the leader of the political faction supporting the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, while approaching his nephew (sister's child) FUJIWARA no Nobuyori who was in the faction supporting the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa but was antagonistic to Shinzei like Korekata.
二条天皇即位後は藤原経宗らとともに天皇親政派を組織し、後白河上皇院政派の中心人物である信西と対立、その一方で院政派ながら同様に信西と反目していた甥（姉妹の子）の藤原信頼と接近する。