When the Retired Emperor Heizei attempted to escape from Heijo-kyo (the ancient capital of Japan in current Nara) to the Ise Province at the time of the Kusuko Incident, he and FUJIWARA no Kadonomaro held back the Retired Emperor's palanquin and remonstrated at the risk of his life.
薬子の変の際に平城京から伊勢国に脱出しようとした平城上皇の輿を藤原葛野麻呂とともに押し留めて身命を賭して諫言をした。