Around the time when he was born, his family was prosperous because Kanemichi, who was alive at the time, had just become Kanpaku to the Emperor Enyu, and Asateru also became Kugyo after being appointed to Sangi (councillor) and was promoted to Gon Chunagon in the next year.
当時、兼通は健在で、円融天皇の関白に就任したばかりで、朝光も翌年参議に任官し公卿となり、その翌年には権中納言になるという、一家が最も華やかな頃に生まれている。