He took an adopted daughter of TAIRA no Shigemori, TAIRA no Kiyomori's eldest son, to his wife; he acted as a representative of the administration of the Taira clan in Dazai-fu in charge of the trade between Japan and the Sung Dynasty in China.
平清盛の長男、平重盛の養女を妻とし、大宰府における平氏政権、日宋貿易の代行者となる。