Also, on October of the same year, he assumed the position of Shikibu no taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ceremonial) which was a position successively given to the Sugawara family as well as Monjohakase and Daigaku no kami.
次いで同閏10月には文章博士、大学頭と並び歴代の菅原氏が叙任される式部大輔を兼任する。