In 762, Nakamaro became Shoichii (Senior First Rank) and, therefore, achieved the highest position of the government, and in the same year, Asakari with his older brothers, FUJIWARA no Masaki and FUJIWARA no Kusumaro, were appointed to Sangi (Councilor), then an unusual situation in which the four family members took positions of Kugyo happened.
天平宝字6年（762年）、仲麻呂は正一位となり位人臣を極め、同年、朝狩は兄の藤原真先、藤原訓儒麻呂とともに参議に任じられ、親子4人が公卿に列する異例の事態になる。