In 731, he became Ge-jugoinoge (Jugoinoge [Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade] given to persons outside Kyoto), assuming the post of Tonomo no kami (the Director of the Imperial Palace Keeper's Bureau), and in 738, he became Saigu Chokan (Director of the residence of an unmarried princess serving at Ise-jingu Shrine).
天平3年に外従五位下になり、主殿頭に就き、天平10年には斎宮長官になった。