He worked in the post of Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) to the Emperor for 6 years, and then became Keishi betto (administrator of household affairs) to the first Imperial Prince Atsuyasu when the prince was three years old, as the prince lost his real mother FUJIWARA no Teishi one year before.
一条天皇の蔵人頭を6年間にわたり務め、長保3年（1001年）2月には当時3歳で前年に生母藤原定子を失った第一皇子敦康親王の家司別当に任じられている。