In the twelfth month of 869, Takimori was appointed the Shoni (junior assistant governor-general) of Dazaifu (he was simultaneously appointed Minor Captain of the Right Division of the Inner Palace Guards) as part of the governments countermeasures against the pirates from Shiragi (in Korea) who were wreaking havoc in Kitakyushu (northern Kyushu); he led the troops of the Inner Palace Guards to Dazaifu, where he took up guard duty.
同11年（869年）12月、北九州を荒す新羅の海賊対策の為、太宰権少弐（兼右近衛少将）に任ぜられ、近衛府の兵を率いて大宰府警固の任に就く。