He was the 11th head of the Bojo family (lineage can be traced to Kajuji branch family of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan) who were tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks).
堂上家（家格は、名家(公家)、藤原北家高藤流勧修寺庶流）である、坊城家の11代当主。