After experience as jiju (chamberlain), Ukone no shosho (minor captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Bingo no suke (assistant governor of Bingo Province), Iyo no Gon no Suke (provincial vice governor of Iyo Province), Sanuki no suke (deputy governor of the Province of Sanuki) and other positions, he became Kurodo no to (head chamberlain) in 1170.
以降、侍従・右近衛少将・備後介・伊予権介・讃岐介などを経て、嘉応2年（1170年）蔵人頭となる。