On March 3, 787 or February 5 on the old calendar, Kazuragi was assigned to Mutsu no kuni no suke (assistant governor of Mutsu Province) and to Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North).
その翌年2月5日(旧暦)、葛城は陸奥国介と鎮守府将軍の兼任を命ぜられる。