In 951, though he was still a student, he became a member (yoriudo) of the Wakadokoro (Bureau of Poetry), editing the Man'youshu and selecting waka for the Gosen Wakashu as one of the "Five Gentlemen of the Pear Chamber."
天暦五年（951年）には学生の身ながら和歌所の寄人となり、梨壺の五人の一人として『万葉集』の訓点作業と『後撰和歌集』の撰集作業に参加した。