It is said that FUJIWARA no Yorinaga showed compassion for his inferiority in official court rank to his brothers Narimichi and Shigemichi, and gave him a rank of Shoshiinoge, according to "the Taiki" (Diary of FUJIWARA no Yorinaga). |
康治元年(1142年)には、弟の成通、重通より官位が余りにも劣っていたことを藤原頼長に憐れまれ、そのはからいによって正四位下に叙せられたという(『台記』)。 |