By comparison, the ryoke of Nitta no sho estate, FUJIWARA no Tadamasa is a Kugyo (top court official) who also approached TAIRA no Kiyomori and was promoted as high as the Daijo-daijin (grand minister of state).
ちなみに、新田荘領家である藤原忠雅も平清盛に近づき太政大臣にまで昇進した公卿である。