He successively filled official positions including the doctor of mathematics, an official at the Tax Bureau, the Chief Food Inspector, and the governor of Mutsu Province, while serving initially the regent house and later the Saionji family as a house steward, and in the Saionji family, he was trusted by Kintsune SAIONJI to manage the estates of the family.
算博士・主税寮・主税頭・陸奥国国司などの官職を歴任する一方で、当初は摂関家、後に西園寺家の家司となり、西園寺公経の信任を受けて同家の所領経営などにあたる。