As his sister FUJIWARA no Moshi (adopted daughter of FUJIWARA no Yoshinobu) became Emperor Shirakawa's mother as a nyogo (consort) of Emperor Gosanjo, he gained the confidence of two emperors who were Emperor Gosanjo and Emperor Shirakawa and worked as In no tsukasa betto (Secretary of the office of the retired emperor's government) for Emperor Gosanjo.
妹の藤原茂子（藤原能信養女）が後三条天皇の女御として白河天皇の生母となったことから後三条・白河の二代の新任篤く、後三条の院司別当を務める。