He successively worked in different positions of Kurodo (Chamberlain), Nagato no kami (deputy minister in charge of regional administration in Nagato), and Kogogushiki (the Queen-consort's Household Agency), but became a priest on July 1, 1143 and lived in Ohara (Kyoto City) in seclusion.
蔵人・長門守・皇后宮職を歴任するが、康治2年（1143年）5月10日に出家し大原(京都市)に隠棲する。