He also assumed the position of Zasshoketsudansho tonin and denso (job title to relay messages of court's people to Emperor) and held an important position in the Kemmu government, in 1335, Kinkata put a crown on Emperor Gomurakami at his genpuku (ceremony of attaining manhood), but after the independence of the Southern Court and the Northern Court, he became an In no shitsushi of Emperor Kogon as a grand person of the Northern Court.
雑訴決断所頭人や伝奏なども兼ね、建武政権でも重きをなし、建武2年（1335年）には後村上天皇（のちの後村上天皇）の元服に際し、加冠役を務めたほどであったが、南北朝分立後は北朝に属し、北朝側の重鎮として光厳天皇の院執事となる。