Like his elder brothers, he was intimate with members of the Taira clan and he served TAIRA no Tokuko as Chugu Gon no daibu (provisional master of the consort's household) and later as Kenreimonin no Betto (chief officer serving Kenreimonin).
兄と同様に平氏一門と親しく、平徳子に中宮権大夫・建礼門院別当として仕えた。