Although he was born into the Sekkan regent factions of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, he lost his father and grandfather just after he was born, and his days as a teenager were hard, due to the fall of his clan.
藤原北家摂関流に生まれながら、出生後まもなく父祖を失い、一族の没落を受けて青年期は沈淪した。