While he held various posts including Sakone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), he caught the plague, which was raging in 947, and was survived by his grandfather, FUJIWARA no Tadahira and his father, Saneyori who was, right before this time, promoted to Sadaijin (Minister of the left).
左近衛少将等を歴任したが、天暦元年（947年）に流行した疫病にかかり、祖父藤原忠平や左大臣に昇進した直後の父実頼に先立って早世した。