According to the "Kugyo Bunin" (directory of the successive Imperial officials), he was assigned to Uemon no kami in 810, and the Governor of Kai Province in 817 as a successor of FUJIWARA no Masakawa after being Ukone no shogen (Lieutenant of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Kurodo (Chamberlain) and Umanosuke (Assistant Captain, Right Division of Bureau of Horses), and in the following year, 818, he was transferred to the Vice Governor of Musashi Province.
『公卿補任』によれば、弘仁元年（810年）に右衛門督、右近衛将監、蔵人、右馬助を経て弘仁8年（817年）に藤原真川の後任として甲斐守となり、翌弘仁9年には武蔵介に転任する。