Although he was born in a Sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor), since his mother was from a low status family and he lost his father in his infancy, he was not able to attain the position of a court noble.
摂関家の子弟として生まれながら、母の身分が低く、また早くに父を喪ったこともあって、公卿昇任は果たせずに終わっている。