In 1051 he was appointed to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank), but he died of disease at the young age of 51 (meanwhile, his father Sukehira was alive at that time and later he became Dainagon (chief councilor of state)).
永承6年（1051年）に正三位に叙せられたものの、51歳の若さで病死する事となった（なお、父・資平はこの時まだ健在で後に大納言となっている）。