He also cooperated and developed close ties with the newly-risen Ise-Heishi by marrying a daughter of TAIRA no Masamori and performing for TAIRA no Tadamori as an eboshi-oya (a person who puts eboshi [formal headwear for court nobles] on a young man's head at a genpuku [coming-of-age] ceremony).
また、新興の伊勢平氏と折り合いをつけるべく、平正盛の娘を妻にし平家との和合をはかり、平忠盛の烏帽子親となるなど、親密な関係を築いた。