With the brothers FUJIWARA no Yoshitsugu, FUJIWARA no Momokawa of the Fujiwara Shikike (a sub branch of Fujiwara family), he endeavored for the support of Shirakabe no okimi (later Emperor Konin) from Emperor Tenchi's series.
藤原式家の藤原良継・藤原百川兄弟とともに天智天皇系の白壁王（のちの光仁天皇）の擁立に尽力した。