Although he rose to Ushosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), he became a Buddhist priest at the Yokawa precinct of Enryaku-ji Temple on Mt. Hiei in 961, although he was still young.
右少将にまで昇ったものの、961年（応和元年）若くして比叡山延暦寺の延暦寺横川で出家。