However, as he got into bad terms with Tomokage later and he also tried to recover the status of Onmyodo (way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements) by the hand of the Tsuchimikado clan (the Abe clan), it caused a long conflict between the Abe clan line Tsuchimikado family and the Kamo clan line Kotokui family over authenticity in Onmyodo.
しかし、後に友景と不仲になり土御門家_(安倍氏)による陰陽道再興を志向したために、陰陽道の権限を巡って阿倍氏系土御門家と賀茂氏系幸徳井家の長期にわたる内紛の原因となった。