He was brought up iat Rokujoin and, after Genji's death, he was brought up by Emperor Reizei (tenth Imperial Prince of the Emperor Kiritsubo, but in reality, Genji's child) and Akikonomu Chugu, who did not have any children and they treated him favorably as if he were their own real child.
六条院で育ち、源氏没後は、子のなかった冷泉帝（表向きは桐壺帝の第十皇子、実は源氏の子）と秋好中宮に実子同然にかわいがられ育つ。