His mother was Jojin Ajari no Haha, poet and daughter of MINAMOTO no Toshikata who wrote 'Jojin Ajari no haha no shu' (A collection of poems by mother of Jojin Ajari).
母は女流歌人で「成尋阿闍梨母集」を残した源俊賢の娘（成尋阿闍梨母）。