When he was 28, he was assigned to bugyo (magistrate) of traditional kishimai (court dances and music) which was passed down from ancient Abe clan; the ancestor of the Abe family, in Daijo-sai festival (a festival to celebrate the succession of an emperor) of the Emperor Gokogon.
28歳の時、後光厳天皇の大嘗祭において、安倍一族の祖である古代阿倍氏から伝わる由緒ある吉志舞の奉行に命じられたのである。