He was conferred Prince as the head of old Sekke (line of regents and advisers) when the system of peerage was established and became a member of Kizokuin (the House of Peers) when the Imperial Diet was founded.
華族制度創設時に旧摂家当主として公爵に叙され、帝国議会創設にともない貴族院(日本)に議席を有した。