In 1113, on the occasion of the so-called 'Eikyu no goso' (direct petition in Eikyu era), together with TAIRA no Masamori, TAIRA no Tadamori, MINAMOTO no Tameyoshi, and MINAMOTO no Mitsukuni, he was dispatched to suppress priests of the Kofuku-ji Temple and, in the same year, he arrested Ninkan, who was a priest of the Daigo-ji Temple and accused of curse against the Emperor Toba.
永久(元号)元年(1113年)、いわゆる「永久の強訴」に当たっては、平正盛、平忠盛、源為義、源光国らとともに興福寺大衆の鎮圧に派遣され、また同年、鳥羽天皇呪詛の罪状を得た醍醐寺の僧仁寛の逮捕にも当たっている。