He colluded with Tsunemune, his wife's brother FUJIWARA no Tadaaki and others, to have Emperor Nijo, who was confined in the Imperial Court by Nobuyori, escape dressed as a woman and accompanying him to TAIRA no Kiyomori's Rokuhara house, which made the tide of the war conclusive.
経宗や妻の兄弟の藤原尹明らと共謀し、信頼によって内裏に監禁されていた二条天皇を女装させた上で平清盛の六波羅邸まで付き添って脱出させ、戦局の行方を決定的なものにした。