He attended the ceremony in which MINAMOTO no Sanetomo made greetings in return for the conferment of Sadaisho (Major Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) in July, 1218, and subsequently went to Kyoto, receiving an appointment as kebiishi no jo (a police and judicial chief).
建保6年（1218年）6月の源実朝の左大将拝賀には参列しており、その後に京に上って検非違使判官に任じられた。