Continued being promoted after that, he was appointed to Sangi (a councilor) at the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1518, becoming a kugyo, after assuming jiju (a chamberlain) and a post at Konoefu (the headquarters of the inner palace guards).
以降累進して、侍従・近衛府を経て、永正15年（1518年）に従三位・参議となり、公卿に列する。