Empress Kōken
After passing through a variety of inspector-level positions, Kiyomaro was in 743 promoted to assistant director of the "Jingi-kan" and granted the rank of . In 747, in the last days of the court of Emperor Shōmu, he was moved to a regional position as governor of Owari Province. In 751, though, the new Empress Kōken promoted Kiyomaro to , and in 754 he was restored to his position in the "Jingi-kan" and subsequently given the position of in the "Daijō-kan".