In a ceremony executed by FUJIWARA no Yorinaga, he was appointed to hogandai (an administrative official of the Retired-Emperor's Office) along with MINAMOTO no Tameyoshi, and he guarded the Kasugamen Gate.
藤原頼長の行った除目によって源為義とともに判官代に任ぜられ、春日面の門の守護にあたる。