His mother was Mino Yugimonin, a daughter of the Wakasa no kami (the governor of Wakasa Province) named FUJIWARA no Kagetoshi (her father's name was recorded as a Kageyori in the Kugyobunin (directory of court nobles)).
母は若狭守の藤原景俊（公卿補任では、母の父名は景依とある）の女の遊義門院美濃。