Narikane's father, TAIRA no Narifusa, a trusted vassal of the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, was killed by the Taira clan Government after being exiled to Izu Province with Coup of the Third Year of Jisho.
父平業房は後白河法皇の近臣で、治承三年の政変で伊豆国に流された後平氏政権によって殺された。