He was entrusted as a member of Kanto Shiko Unkaku Shodaibu as well as his father Norisada by the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and worked in Kyoto and Kamakura.
父の教定とともに関東祗候雲客諸大夫の一員として、鎌倉幕府に信用され、京都・鎌倉で活動した。