In 1159, he was assigned to Chugu no suke (Assistant Master of the Consort's Household) when Takamatsuin (Imperial Princess Shushi), whose menoto (a woman providing breast-feeding to a highborn baby) was his wife, became Emperor Nijo's chugu (the second consort of an emperor).
保元4年（1159年）、妻が乳母を務めていた高松院（姝子内親王）が二条天皇の中宮となると、中宮亮に任ぜられる。