Based on what was mentioned in the previously mentioned "Eiga Monogatari", he may have had his coming-of-age ceremony and may have received a Joshaku (peerage) (i.e. if he was born in 910, and had his coming-of-ceremony at 15 or 16, he must have received peerage in 924 or 925), but seeing that he could not get any positions within the Court, he may have entered priesthood right away.
前記の『栄花物語』の記述などを勘案して推測するに、元服と同時に叙爵したものの（生年を延喜10年とし、元服を15・6歳とするならば延長(元号)2・3年〈924年・925年〉の叙爵であろうか）、廟堂で活躍することなく、すぐに出家したのであろう。