During his lifetime, he moved up the social ladder to become Sadaijin (minister of the left), which was one rank higher than his father, Uchimaro, and he established the foundation for the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan.
生前の最終階位は父内麻呂より一階級上の左大臣まで昇りつめ北家隆盛の基礎を築いた。