The position of guardian and togu-no-fu (an official in charge of education of the Crown Prince) was assigned to FUJIWARA no Tsunemune, Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), and as the staff of Togubo (Crown Prince's Quarters) was assigned to TAIRA no Munamori, Togu no Daibu (a chief officer of Togubo), Kanemasa KASANNOIN, Gonno Taifu (vice chief officer), TAIRA no Shigehira, suke (an assistant secretary of an office), TAIRA no Koremori, gon no suke (provisional assistant master), who were the Taira family and the court nobles close to the Taira clan.
皇太子の後見人・東宮傅（とうぐうのふ）は左大臣・藤原経宗が任じられ、春宮坊の職員には、春宮大夫・平宗盛、権大夫・花山院兼雅、亮・平重衡、権亮・平維盛と一門と親平氏公卿で固められた。