According to the obituary records in the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (Veritable Records of Three Reigns in Japan), he was promoted in 879 to junior fourth rank, lower grade and appointed the governor of Mutsu Province, but was transferred to the governorship of Yamato Province in 880, and later died in Yamato.
日本三代実録の死亡記事によると、元慶3年（879年）従四位下陸奥国守に任ぜられるが、同4年（880年）には大和国守に転任し、同地で没したとされる。