Known as a court noble in the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he attended the ceremony at Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine to celebrate to the nomination of MINAMOTO no Sanetomo, who was assassinated leaving the shrine, to Ududaijin (Minister of the Right).
親鎌倉幕府の公家として知られ、源実朝が暗殺された鶴岡八幡宮での右大臣拝賀の儀式にも参列している。