His mother was Naidaijin (a minister for an Imperial Japanese Council of State), Hidefusa MADENOKOJI's daughter, Jusangu (one of the titles for Imperial family and court nobles after the Heian period) FUJIWARA no (MADENOKOJI) Fusako.
母は内大臣万里小路秀房の娘、准三宮藤原（万里小路）房子。