According to the "Manyoshu" (4-759), he is known to have lived in the village of Tamura (currently Amatsuji-machi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture), and at that time, he was an Udaiben (Major Controller of the Right).
また『万葉集』（4-759）によれば田村里（現在の奈良県奈良市尼辻町）に住んでいたことが知られ、時に右大弁だった。