As a buke denso, he endeavored to integrate the Imperial court and the bakufu and his power was so strong that it was described as 'peerless predominance' but at the same time he was berated as a 'crooked villain' because the bakufu forced him to compromise.
武家伝奏として朝廷と幕府の融和に努め、「出頭無双」といわれその権勢は大きかったが、幕府に譲歩も強いられ「奸佞の残賊」と罵られる存在でもあったという。