While the majority suggested that cautious measures should be taken against the Kofuku-ji Temple movement, Takasue, along with Michichika TSUCHIMIKADO, forcefully maintained their opinion for an immediate subjugation of Kofuku-ji Temple and confiscation of its branch temples and shoen (manors in medieval Japan), and he had a vehement argument with Kanezane KUJO.
興福寺の動きには慎重に対応すべきとの意見が大勢を占める中、隆季は土御門通親とともに興福寺の即時追討と末寺・荘園の没収を強硬に主張して、出席していた九条兼実と激論に及んだ。