Ex-emperor Nijoin focused on two things entirely' ("Gukan sho"), Emperor Nijo took full control of the politics and established power based of his directly ruled government in the Imperial Palace located at Higashi no to in, Oshi koji, and Kiyomori worked as a guard at this place.
「主上二条院、世ノ事ヲバ一向ニ行ハセマイラセテ」（『愚管抄』）実権を掌握した二条は、親政の拠点を押小路東洞院の内裏に据えて清盛に警護させた。