Nonetheless, he remained in the bureaucratic circle such as serving as a substitute for Shokeiben (Top leader) at the Yoshida Festival in 995, and his son Yorikata became Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), Governor of Iwami Province and Yorikata's son Yorinari became Jugoinojo (Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade), Governor of Echizen Province, continuing a family of zuryo.
しかしその後も長徳元年（995年）の吉田祭での上卿弁代役をつとめるなど官界に身を置き、また子の頼方は従五位下石見守、その子頼成は従五位上越前守と受領の家として続いている。