Subsequently, disliked by his father, with no luck at promotion, he ended up with working for FUJIWARA no Tashi (Masaruko) who was Taikotaigogu taishin (officer of the internal palace of the Grand Empress Dowager) with Senior Forth Lower.
その後も父に疎まれ、官位には恵まれずに正四位下太皇太后宮大進（藤原多子に仕えた。）に任ぜられるにとどまった。