On the other hand, he worked with the bakufu to start court reforms and changed the posthumous Buddhist name of Kentokuin in to Tobain (various theories exist about the reason for this change), leading to the evaluation as a 'talented noble of the end of the world' and 'talented and well-read person.'
一方、幕府とも強調して朝廷改革や顕徳院の諡号を後鳥羽院という追号に改める（その背景については諸説ある）などの政策を進め、「末世の才卿」・「高才博覧の人」と評された。