Although the Daigaku-ryo (Bureau of Education) no longer physically existed, the fact that he was from the Hirohashi family, whose profession was writing, and that he was the nephew of Emperor Goenyu's mother, Sukenmonin, meant he received special treatment such as being granted Gakumonryo (a scholarship to study at Daigaku-ryo dating from the Heian period) at the age of three and being selected as Monjo Tokugosho (Distinguished Scholars of Letters) at the age of five,
大学寮の実体が無い時代であったとは言え、文筆を業とした広橋家の出身でなおかつ後円融天皇の生母崇賢門院の義理の甥にあたることから、3歳で学問料を与えられ、5歳で文章得業生となるなど破格の扱いを受ける。