Thereafter, he successively held positions such as Nakatsukasa no Shoyu (Junior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs), Minbu taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of Popular Affairs), Taikotaigogu no suke (Assistant Secretary of the Grand Empress Dowager's office), Sashoben (third-ranking officer of the Left), and assumed the post of Sanuki no kuni no kami (Governor of the Sanuki Province) in 899.
以後、中務少輔や民部大輔、太皇太后亮、左少弁などの職を歴任し、昌泰2年（899年）に讃岐国守となる。