He was appointed Ukone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Uta no kami (Director of the Bureau of Music), Sadaiben (Major Controller of the Left); and by 811, he held the post of Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain).
右近衛少将・雅楽頭・左大弁などを歴任し、811年（弘仁2年）には蔵人頭に任じられた。