He was a kebiishi (a police and judicial chief) and the saemon no jo (a secretary of the Left Division of Headquarters of the Outer Palace Guard) and he was good at tapping a tsuzumi (hand drum) and, therefore, called Tsuzumi no Hogan.
検非違使左衛門尉、鼓の名手で鼓判官（つづみのほうがん）と呼ばれた。