In the following year, he was appointed to Kokushi (an officer of local government) in Omi Province, which was Yomei no suke (it refers to an important post of Kenkan (high rank officials) in this context), then in the year after that, he doubled as Sakone gon no chujo (Provisional Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards).
翌年には揚名介（ただし、この時の揚名介は実のある顕官の意味）である近江国国司に任じられ、更にその次の年には左近衛権中将を兼ねた。