Meanwhile, he was close to TAIRA no Kiyomori, due to his wife's mother being a daughter of TAIRA no Tadamori, and he also had a close relationship with FUJIWARA no Korekata whom his sister married into.
彼女の母が平忠盛の娘であった関係から平清盛と親しく、一方で自らの姉妹が嫁いだ藤原惟方とも懇意であった。