In 1187, when Shigetada HATAKEYAMA received a reprimand and was about to be punished due to the violence of his daikan (local governor) at Yamada-mikuriya (mikuriya was manors of Imperial family and powerful shrines) in Ise Province, Tomomitsu bravely expressed to Yoritomo his opinion against punishing him and saved him from his peril.
文治3年（1187年）、伊勢国山田御厨の代官狼藉事件で譴責された畠山重忠の処分について、頼朝に意見具申し、その危急を助ける。