On January 701, he was appointed to jikidaini (the eleventh grade of jikidai rank for vassals of the forty-eight grades of cap rank, which corresponds to Jushiinojo, Junior Fourth Rank, Upper Grade of Taiho Ritsuryo, Taiho Code) Minbusho (Ministry of Popular Affairs) and to a Japanese envoy to Tang Dynasty China, and he was granted setto (a sword given by the emperor in the symbol of his trust to the appointment of someone to a mission) by Emperor Mommu.
大宝(日本)元年（701年）正月には直大弐（従四位上）民部省に任ぜられ、あわせて遣唐使に任命され、文武天皇から節刀を授けられた。