After that, he became Nakatsukasa no taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs) and Jiju (Chamberlain), and he was appointed as Junsatsu-shi (Inspector) on Tosan-do Road in September, 766.
その後中務大輔兼侍従に転じ、766年(天平神護2年)9月東山道巡察使に任じられた。