After being implicated in the Rebellion of Emi no Oshikatsu, FUJIWARA was banished to Oki in 764, was pardoned with restoration of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) as well as the surname of FUJIWARA no Emi Ason, in addition to permission to return to the capital in 772 and received Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade) in 778.
764年（天平宝字8年）の恵美押勝の乱に連座して隠岐に流されたが、772年（宝亀3年）に赦免されて再度従五位下「藤原朝臣」を賜って入京を許され、778年（宝亀9年）に従五位上に叙せられた。