However, Yukinori was educated by his uncle, TAIRA no Shigemori, who felt pity for Yukinori and appointed to a government post, Sama no kami (Captain of Samaryo, Left Division of Bureau of Horses), with the Heike clan's advancement in social status.
しかし、これを憐れんだ伯父の平重盛によって養育され、平家一門の栄達にともない左馬頭に任官する。