On October 22 of the following year he was appointed Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) with Korechika, who, in the following year, was promoted to Dainagon getting ahead of Michiyori in official court rank, but the fact is, on September 21, 993, he was appointed Dainagon as successor to Korechika, who was promoted to Naidaijin (the Minister of the Interior).
翌年9月7日(旧暦)に伊周とともに中納言に任じられるが、伊周は翌年には大納言に昇進して官位を抜かされ、正暦4年（993年）8月28日(旧暦)に内大臣に昇った伊周の後任として大納言に任じられる有様であった。