As the trusted man of retired Emperor Toba, he was praised as 'the one who controls the power inside and out, and is confronted by serious matters more than others' ('Honcho Shinshu Ojo-den' (New collection of hagiographies of those born in the Pure Land)) and participated in important political agendas even after retiring from the Giseikan (Legislature).
鳥羽上皇の腹心として「内外権を執り、際会人に超ゆ」（「本朝新修往生伝」）と評され、議政官を辞してからも重要な議事に参与する。