He was famous as a royal retainer: he eavesdropped on court nobles' plan for a sneak attack when Tadamori became tenjobito (a high-ranking courtier allowed into the Imperial Palace), and prevented it from occurring.
忠臣として著名で、忠盛が殿上人になった際に公卿たちの闇討ちの計画を立ち聞きし、それを未然に防いだという。