After occupying posts such as Tonomo no kami (the director of the Imperial Palace Keeper's Bureau) and Izumo no kami (the governor of Izumo Province), he left the capital to become the Mutsu no kami (the governor of Mutsu Province) in 1050.
主殿頭、出雲守などを歴任後，永承5年（1050年）、陸奥守として下向。