He was the seventh soryo (heir) of Tada-Genji who succeeded the Tada-no-sho estate developed by MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka in the mid Heian period, but he was against his brother Yorinori inheriting the Tada-no-sho estate.
平安中期に源満仲によって拓かれた多田荘を継承した多田源氏の7代目惣領であったが、弟の頼憲とは多田荘の相続を巡り対立した。