After experienced some posts including Sakon no shogen (Lieutenant the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), he became Kozuke no kuni no suke (officer in charge of regional administration in Kozuke) in 911 and was appointed Kazusa no kuni no suke in 912.
左近将監などを経て、延喜11年（911年）上野国介となり、翌12年（912年）に上総国介に任じられる。