Although Makibi offered his resignation due to aging after the enthronement of Emperor Konin, the Emperor only allowed him to resign from his concurrent post of Chue no daisho (Major Captain of the imperial guard), but retained him as Udaijin.
光仁天皇即位後、真備は老齢を理由に辞職を願い出るが、光仁天皇は兼職の中衛大将のみの解任を許し、右大臣の職は慰留した。