Since his father was an influential person in bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he was treated preferentially as a jisha-bugyo (magistrate of temples and shrines) by shogun MINAMOTO no Sanetomo and was trusted by the Hojo clan as well.
父が幕府の実力者であったことから将軍・源実朝に寺社奉行として重用され、北条氏からも厚い信任を受けた。