 Subsequently he was commissioned as governor of Echigo Province in 1011, but his son Nobunori died in Echigo that same year, 
and her returned to the capital in 1014 before the full term.He became a monk at Mii-dera temple (located in what is now Ōtsu, Shiga) two years later.Scholars do not agree about the years of Tametoki's birth or death, although some give his death year as 1029.