Akisue, the son of Menoto (nurse) of Emperor Shirakawa, was selected as a vassal of the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa, and became an influential person in both the court and in literary circles.
顕季は白河天皇の乳母の息子で、長じては白河法皇の院の近臣となり、政界及び歌壇の実力者となった。