His birthplace is not known, but it was either Tada, where he was based, or his father's mansion in Sakyo Ichijo in Heian-Kyo, which his father is known to have owned around 973.
生誕地は不明だが、本拠地の多田であるか、父の満仲は天延元年（973年）頃には平安京の左京一条に邸を持っていたことから、満仲邸であるともされる。