He was, as a legitimate son of Sekkan-ke (the families which produced regents), promoted to as high as Shonii (Senior Second Rank) Gon Dainagon (provisional chief councilor of state) and Ukone no daisho (Major Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), but suddenly died young at the age of 20.
摂関家の嫡男として正二位権大納言兼右近衛大将にまで昇進するが、20歳の若さで急死した。