He was the ninth head of the Bojo family, a Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) (the family ranked as Meike (an important family) (a court noble), and belonged to the Kanshuji branch of the Takafuji line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan).
堂上家（家格は、名家(公家)、藤原北家高藤流勧修寺庶流）である、坊城家の9代当主。