In May 1096, during his term of Kotaigogu gon no suke (Provisional Assistant Master of the Empress Dowager's Household), he participated in FUJIWARA no Yoshizane ke uta awase (poetry contest sponsored by FUJIWARA no Yoshizane) and became a judge at MINAMOTO no Morotoki ke uta awase (poetry contest sponsored by MINAMOTO no Morotoki) in the same month.
永長元年（1096年）5月、皇太后宮権亮在任中に藤原能実家歌合に参加し、同月に源師時家歌合の判者となっている。