In terms of politics, he was an excellent politician who achieved a breakthrough for the aristocracy that was gradually being left behind by changes of the times, by developing a financial infrastructure as seen in the Japan-Sung trade and promoting public projects such as construction of Kyoga-shima Island.
また、政治的には日宋貿易に見られるような財政基盤の開拓、経が島築造に見られるような公共事業の推進など、時代の矛盾に行き詰まりつつあった貴族政治に新生面を切り開いた優れた政治家であった。