Beginning in 892, when he was made an Unoderi (an officer of the Central Secretariat), he steadily rose in rank; in 895 he was made a third-rank official of the province of Mutsu, and the following year was made the surrogate shugo (de facto governor) of Owari Province, an appointment of Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade).
寛平4年（892年）に内舎人となったのをはじめに、寛平7年（895年）には陸奥国掾となり、翌年には従五位下尾張国権守となった。