However, because he composed an elegy mourning for the death of a minor court lady who served the court while the Imperial Palace in Omi Otsu no Miya was the capital ("Manyoshu" volume 2, 217-219), there is a theory that he served during the period from 667 to 672 as well (Shigeo KITAYAMA).
ただし、近江朝に仕えた宮女の死を悼む挽歌（『万葉集』巻2・217-219）を詠んでいることから、近江朝にも出仕していたとする見解もないではない（北山茂夫）。