Also he referred himself as the Kagoshima clan, and was a gokenin of Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and filled posts of Kinri (the Imperial Palace) Shuin in Nitta-jinja Shrine in Satsuma Province (Satsumasendai City) as well as Inju (the chief of a temple) in Godai-in temple in Bunji era.
文治年間の頃に於いて禁裏薩摩国新田神社(薩摩川内市)執印職并五大院院主職・鎌倉幕府御家人で、鹿児島氏を称する。