His resources as an official for practical work was outstanding and this is clear from the fact that he was dispatched to the Ise-jingu Shrine as an Imperial envoy to pray for 'surrender of the enemy country' in 1281 during a life-or-death situation that encompassed the nation just before Koan no Eki (the ware against the Mongolian invaders).
彼が実務官僚としての才覚は抜群のものがあり、それは弘安4年（1281年）の弘安の役直前という国家存亡の機に際して「敵国降伏」を祈念する勅使として伊勢神宮に派遣されている事でも明らかである。