After that, he was appointed one of the vice-shogun seito taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the eastern barbarians") of FUJIWARA no Tadabumi, and went to suppress Masakado's rebellion, however he came back to Kyoto after knowing Masakado was already hunted down and killed.
その後、征東大将軍藤原忠文の副将の一人に任ぜられ、将門の反乱の平定に向かうが既に将門が追討された事を知り帰京。