After the death of the Cloistered Emperor, he was appointed as guardian of Goshirakawa's daughter, Imperial Princess Kinshi (Giyomonin) and despite being ordered to manage her properties he did not neglect to maintain his political basis.
法皇の死後、彼の娘である覲子内親王（宣陽門院）の後見に任じられてその莫大な財産の管理を命じられて、法皇死後もその政治的基盤の確保は怠る事はなかった。