In 1087, he served as the tutor of the Emperor Horikawa as Shikibu gon no taifu (Provisional Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ceremonial) and later became Shikibu taifu (the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ceremonial) in 1095.
1087年（寛治元年）には式部権大輔として堀河天皇の侍読を勤める、1095年（嘉保2年）式部大輔。