Adopted by Nobuna OINOMIKADO, he became the 20th head of the OINOMIKADO family which was the Seiga-ke family (the second highest family status for court nobles) in the FUJIWARA no Morozane line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan.
大炊御門信名の養子に入り、藤原北家藤原師実流の清華家、大炊御門家20代当主となった。