Meanwhile, he was appointed to the Kyoto shugo (provincial constable) by the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and had an offer of marriage to MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's daughter, O-hime (however, the match was refused by O-hime).
一方で鎌倉幕府からは京都守護に任じられて頼朝の娘・大姫(源頼朝の娘)との縁談が進められた（大姫の拒絶にあい破談）。