He was among the warriors called up according to the Ichoku (order left behind in the will) of the late Cloistered Emperor Toba as an Izumi no kami Guard during the Hogen War, and fought on the side of FUJIWARA no Tadamichi.
保元の乱の際、鳥羽法皇の遺勅によって集められた中に和泉守として名があり、藤原忠通方として戦った。