On May 5, 788 or March 21 on the old calendar, in the following year, Kazuragi, together with 入間廣成 and KI no Mahito, were ordered by seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") in the Nara and Heian Period to go on a conquest leading the army.
しかし翌年の延暦7年（788年）3月21日(旧暦)、葛城は入間廣成および紀真人とともに征夷大将軍奈良・平安時代に任ぜられ、軍を率いて入征する。