While serving as Keishi (household superintendent) of Sekkan-ke (family which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor) FUJIWARA no Moromichi, he successively held the positions of local officers such as Governors of Shinano Province, Kawachi Province, Owari Province and Ise Province.
摂関家藤原師通の家司を務める一方、信濃国・河内国・尾張国・伊勢国の国守等地方官を歴任。