With his father and brothers he fought TAIRA no Kiyomori in the Heiji no Ran (Heiji Rebellion) but they were defeated and, while on the way to the Eastern provinces with his father and brothers he was wounded in encounters with fleeing troops, the wounds deteriorated, and he died.
父や兄弟とともに平治の乱で平清盛と戦うが敗れ、父や兄弟とともに東国へ落ちる途中で落ち武者狩りに遭い負傷、傷が悪化して死亡した。