After working as the Takumi no shojo (an official at Takumiryo [the Bureau of Skilled Artsans]) and as the Ise no kuni no daijo (Senior Secretary of Ise Province), he was conferred Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) in January 849.
その後内匠少允や伊勢国大掾を経て嘉祥2年1月に従五位下に叙せられる。