His mother was the Minister of the Left, Kanetsuna HIROHASHI's adopted daughter, Sukenmon-in FUJIWARA no Nakako. (real father was the highest-ranking priest in charge of the clerical business of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine, KI no Michikiyo (紀通清).)
母は、左大臣広橋兼綱の養女、崇賢門院・藤原仲子（実父は、岩清水八幡宮社務法印紀通清）。