Due probably to that relationship, he is said to have participated on the Retired Emperor Sutoku's side in the Hogen War in 1156 and his name is included in "Hogen Monogatari" (The Tale of the Hogen War) among the Court nobles who became priests or surrendered after the War.
その関係からか保元元年（1156年）の保元の乱においては崇徳上皇方に参じたと言われ、『保元物語』においては乱の後に出家・降伏した公家の中にその名が見える。