In August 1079, he was ordered by the Imperial Court to hunt down and kill Uhyoe no jo (officer of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards), MINAMOTO no Shigemune (the fourth generation of the Mansei line of the Seiwa branch of the Minamoto clan) for causing the feud with MINAMOTO no Kunifusa in Mino Province.
1079年（承暦3）8月　美濃国で源国房と闘乱を起こした右兵衛尉源重宗（清和源氏満正流４代）を官命により追討。