Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents) whom Tada-Genji had been serving for through the years was being torn apart at this time due to the conflict between the brothers FUJIWARA no Tadamichi and FUJIWARA no Yorinaga.
当時、多田源氏が代々近侍してきた摂関家は、藤原忠通・藤原頼長兄弟の対立により分裂状態にあった。