As with other mid-ranking aristocrats of the period, he began to work in the government at the age of 20, and it is thought that he accumulated his wealth by acquiring government positions through serving the Fujiwara clan, who, like Mitsunaka, acted as regents to the Emperor.
同時代の中級貴族と同じく、20前後で出仕し、満仲と同じく摂関政治を行っていた藤原氏に臣従して官職を得て、財力を蓄えていたと考えられている。