He acted as a middle-ranked government official in Kyoto, and in 1011 he served as Zenku (an outrider or person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade) to MINAMOTO no Yorikuni on the occasion of Saigu misogi (a purification ceremony of the ancient imperial princesses serving at Ise Shrine) accompanied with the enthronement of the Emperor Sanjo, according to "Mido Kanpakuki" (FUJIWARA no Michinaga's diary).
京における中級官人として活動し、寛弘8年（1011年）には三条天皇の即位に伴う斎宮御禊に際し源頼国と共にその前駆を務めた（『御堂関白記』）。