After his assumption of office as inhogandai (office work position) in 1168, he played an active part as In no Kinshin (the Retired Emperor's courtier) of Emperor Goshirakawa, successively filled the posts of Emonfu (Headquarters of the Outer Palace Guards), Meryo (the section taking care of imperial horses), Shurishiki (Office of Palace Repairs) and in 1183, became Kura no kami (Chief of Kuraryo, Bureau of Palace Storehouses), but along with the exile of the Taira clan by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka's entrance into Kyoto in 1183, went down to the Saikai (provinces on the western seacoast).
また、仁安(日本)3年（1168年）の院判官代就任以後は後白河天皇の院近臣としても活躍し、衛門府、馬寮、修理職を歴任し、寿永2年（1183年）に内蔵頭に至るが、同年源義仲の上京を受けた一門都落ちに随い、西海へ下向した。