During the Hogen Disturbance in 1156, he followed MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, and during the Heiji Disturbance in 1159, he was with MINAMOTO no Yoshihira, Yoshitomo's first son, and fought against TAIRA no Shigemori's forces of five hundreds horsemen, leading only seventeen horsemen in the fight at Taikenmon.
保元元年（1156年）の保元の乱で源義朝に従い、平治元年（1159年）の平治の乱では義朝の長男源義平に従い、待賢門での戦闘で平重盛の軍勢500騎に17騎で戦いを挑んでいる。