Not long after that, on March 25, 771 or March 1 on the old calendar, he was appointed to Jushiinoge (Junior Forth Rank, Lower Grade) with additional posts of Mutsu no kami (the governor of Mutsu Province) and Commander-in-Chief of the Defense
またそのすぐ後の宝亀2年（771年）3月1日(旧暦)には従四位下に叙されるとともに、陸奥守と鎮守将軍の兼務を命じられる。