For this reason, he consulted with the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) in 1235 so that Cloistered Emperor Gotoba, who had been exiled to Oki Province, could come back to the capital Kyoto, but this ended up in failure and he died in March in the same year.
このため1235年（文暦2年）隠岐国に配流となった後鳥羽法皇の帰洛を幕府に諮ったが失敗に終わり、同年3月に没した。