It is said that when the Taira clan fled from Kyoto in August 1183, he offered his private residence as Emperor Antoku's temporary palace ("Heike Monogatari" [the Tale of the Heike] "Chikuzen no kuni shoku fudoki" [Continuation of the Topography of Chikuzen Province])
また、1183年（寿永2年）8月平氏都落ちの際には私邸を安徳天皇の仮皇居にしたと伝えられる（『平家物語』『筑前国続風土記』）。