On March 22, 848, he was appointed to Shogoinoge (Senior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and became Bicchu no kami (governor of Bicchu Province) while he was still a Monjo hakese.
承和15年2月14日(旧暦)（848年3月22日）には正五位下に叙されて文章博士兼務のまま備中守に転じた。