He asked Emperor Goshirakawa to allow him to have the Minamoto family name and to be demoted from nobility to subject, however he was not allowed to do so, he then lived in Sagano and married FUJIWARA no Muneie's daughter.
後白河天皇に源姓下賜を求めたが、許されず、嵯峨野に住んで藤原宗家の娘を妻に迎えた。