He was connected especially with the FUJIWARA no Michinaga family, so he worked for a long time as a valet of Michinaga's daughter FUJIWARA no Akiko and her birth child Imperial Prince Atsuhira (Emperor Goichijo in later years).
特に藤原道長一族との結びつきが強く、道長の娘藤原彰子、その所生の皇子敦成親王（後一条天皇）に長きに渡って近侍した。