In 1460, he was appointed to Naidaijin (minister of the interior), resigned Sakone no daisho (the major captain of the left division of inner palace guards) in the same year, and was appointed to Udaijin (minister of the right) in 1461.
寛正元年（1460年）内大臣拝命、同年左近衛大将を辞し、寛正2年（1461年）には右大臣に任じられた。