However, in 1271 three years after that, Tadakata who had been promoted to Shosanmi Gon Chunagon (Senior Third Rank provisional vice-chief councilor of the state) in the previous year fell behind Tsunetada NAKANOMIKADO who was also Shosanmi Gon Chunagon but ranked lower than him in the Imperial Court, due to an event that Tsunetada was conferred to the Junii (Junior Second Rank).
だが、3年後の文永8年（1271年）既に前年に正三位権中納言に昇進していた忠方は、同じ正三位権中納言でも宮中の序列が低い中御門経任が従二位に任じられた事で先を越されてしまう。