After the fall of MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, he was reportedly dispatched to Hokuriku-do Road as Kannoshi or an official in charge of encouragement of agriculture, which was the predecessor of Shugo (a provincial military governor), and sorted out private lands called sho in Wakasa Province, Echizen Province, Ecchu Province, and Echigo Province.
源義仲滅亡後、北陸道に守護の前身である勧農使として派遣され、若狭国、越前国、越中国、越後国の庄を沙汰している記録が見られる。