In 739, he was promoted from Shorokuinojo (Senior Sixth Rank, Upper Grade) to Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade) and became the governor of Mutsu in 743 when he was 46 years old.
739年には正六位上から従五位下の位を授けられ、743年46歳で陸奥守（むつのかみ）に栄進した。