Subsequently, he served as Sakon no shosho (deputy minister of the institution for guarding the Emperor) and Sachuben (middle controller of the left), proceeded to Jushiinoge (Junior Forth Rank, Lower Grade) in January 882, and was appointed to Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain).
その後、左近少将兼左中弁などを務め、元慶6年（882年）1月に従四位下に進み、蔵人頭に補任された。