Then, when the Emperor Fushimi ascended the throne in the next year and the Retired Emperor Gofukakusa started the Cloister Government, he was invited by the Retired Emperor and became a close aide notwithstanding the fact that he, as the close aide to the Retired Emperor Kameyama, was in a position to oppose to the Retired Emperor Gofukakusa.
そしてその翌年に伏見天皇が即位して後深草上皇が院政を始めると、これまで亀山上皇側近として後深草上皇らと対立関係であったにも関わらず、上皇に召されて側近に納まったのである。