Five years later he came back to Kyoto, returning to the position of Daigaku no kami and reaching Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade), but then went through a period of mediocrity until his death at the young age of thirty-eight.
5年後に帰京して大学頭に復して従五位上となるが、以後は振るわず38歳の若さで病死した。