MINAMOTO no Takaakira was also known as Issei Genji (Emperor's son who went out of Imperial family and had Genji name), a noble personage who excelled as a scholar at the chogi (Imperial court ceremony) and was highly respected at court through the patronage of the capable FUJIWARA no Morosuke and his daughter, FUJIWARA no Anshi, the wife of an Imperial Prince, and advanced to the post of Minister of the Left.
一世源氏の尊貴な身分であり、学問に優れ朝儀に通じており、また実力者藤原師輔、その娘の中宮藤原安子の後援も得て朝廷で重んじられ、左大臣にまで進んだ。