Subsequently, he served as Ushoben (Minor Controller of the Right) and Chugu no suke (Assistant Master of the Consort's Household), and was appointed to Ukone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards) in March 878.
その後、右少弁兼中宮亮を務め、元慶2年（878年）2月、右近衛少将に任ぜられた。