Since his infancy, he was good at the court music of Japan, and he was praised when he danced Dobu at shigaku (rehearsal) at the age of 9 on April 16, 1101 to cerebrate Emperor Shirakawa's 50th birthday.
幼時より雅楽に長じ、康和3年（1101年）3月9日の白河天皇五十歳の賀の試楽における童舞で、9歳にして『胡飲酒』を舞い、賞賛された。