After serving as a Ueji no daishi (Senior Assistant Lieutenant of the Right Guards), he was promoted from the rank of Jurokui (Junior Sixth Rank) to Gejugoinoge (Jugoinoge [Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade] given to persons outside Kyoto) in 738, and then was awarded the rank of Jugoi (Junior Fifth Rank) in the following year, and appointed to Shogoi (Senior Fifth Rank) and Togu no suke (Assistant Master of the Crown Prince's Quarters) in 743.
右衛士大志を経た後に天平10年（738年）に従六位から外従五位下、翌年には従五位を経た後、天平15年（743年）には正五位・春宮亮となる。