He fought battles in many places as a commander of the Taira clan and carried out Nanto Yakiuchi (the Incident of the Taira clan's army setting fire to the temples in Nanto), which destroyed the statue of Vairocana-Buddha, Todai-ji Temple by fire.
平氏の大将の一人として各地で戦い、南都焼討を行って東大寺盧舎那仏像を焼亡させた。