In 1042, he served as Shofuku (a person who repeats after what Jidoku [Imperial tutor] has read) in Dokushohajime (a ceremony when one starts to study) of the second Prince of Emperor Gosuzaku, Imperial Prince Takahito (later Emperor Gosanjo) ("Imakagami" [The Mirror of the Present]).
長久3年（1042年）には後朱雀天皇の第二皇子尊仁親王（後の後三条天皇）読書始で尚復（侍読が読んだ内容を復唱する役割）を勤めた（『今鏡』）。