After speaking out against Fujiwara no Mototsune in the Ako Incident, he was favored by the Emperor Uda and reached the position of Minister of the Right, Junior Second Rank, during the reign of the Emperor Daigo, but he was slandered by Fujiwara no Tokihira, demoted to the Dazai-no-Gonnosotsu, Deputy Governor of Dazaifu in 901, and died there in 903.
彼は阿衡事件で藤原基経を諌めた事をきっかけに宇多天皇の抜擢を受け、次の醍醐天皇の治世に従二位・右大臣に至るが、901年、藤原時平の讒言により大宰権帥に左遷され、903年、大宰府にて薨去。