He became Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor of state) at Shonii (Senior Second Rank) in early February 1183, but after the Taira clan fled the capital in July of the same year, his rise came to a halt.
寿永2年（1183年）正月に正二位権大納言となるが、同年7月に平氏一門が都落ちした後は昇進が停滞する。