Thereafter, he served as Benkan (officials of Grand Council of State) in the Left and Right Division, and then as Shikibu no taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ceremonial), and in 941, he rose to Sangi" (Royal Adviser) at the age of 50.
以後左右の弁官や式部大輔を経て、天慶4年（941年）50歳にして参議に進む。