After serving as Azechi (inspector of the provincial government) of Dainagon (a chief councilor of state) and Konoe Taisho (Major Captain of the Imperial Guard), he was reappointed Udaijin (Minister of the Right) in 933 and then Sadaijin (Minister of the Left) in 938 during the reign of Emperor Suzaku, and he later additionally served as a Togu no fu (an official in charge of education of the Crown Prince) for Imperial Prince Nariakira (Emperor Murakami)
按察使大納言、近衛大将を経て、朱雀天皇代、承平(日本)3年（933年）右大臣、同八年左大臣に転じ、後に成明親王（村上天皇）の東宮傅を兼ねた。