He learned Yusoku kojitsu (court and samurai rules of ceremony and etiquette) from Yukikazu YOSHIMI and he was called one of the "Yusoku-shitenno" (the four specialists of the ancient practices) together with Sadamoto NONOMIYA under the cloistered government of the ex-Emperor Reigen.
吉見和幸のもとで有職故実を学び、霊元院政のもとで野宮定基らとともに「有職四天王」とも称された。