Responding to intentions of the two, he executed an action to let the emperor Nijyo who had been confined in the dairi (Imperial Palace) by Nobuyori escape and transfer the emperor to the Rokuhara residence of Kiyomori.
両者の意向を受け、信頼によって内裏に監禁されていた二条天皇を清盛の六波羅邸に脱出させる際の実行役を務めた。