But it seems he soon left the priesthood, was reassigned to the Awa no kuni no kami in 852, and then was appointed Kunaikyo (Minister of the Sovereign's Household) and served also as the Mimasaka no kuni no kami and Bicchu no kuni no kami.
しかし間もなく還俗したらしく、仁寿2年（852年）正月に阿波守に再任され、次いで宮内卿に転じて美作国守・備中国守を兼任した。