He reached the Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank), simultaneously holding the positions of Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) and Uemon no kami (Chief of the Right Gate Guard), and because his residence was located along the Kamo-gawa River bank (also known as "Tsutsumi"), he was called the Tsutsumi Chunagon.
官位は従三位中納言兼右衛門督に至り、また賀茂川堤に邸宅があったことから、堤中納言とよばれた。