In addition to the position of buke tenso, he had a strong human network through his daughters such as menoto (a woman providing breast-feeding to a highborn baby) of Emperor Gotsuchimikado and Emperor Gokashiwabara and the wife of Masatsugu NIJO.
武家伝奏のみならず、後土御門天皇・後柏原天皇両天皇の乳母や二条政嗣室を娘に持つなど、宮廷にも強い人脈を有した。