He was appointed as Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain) and Udaiben (Major Controller of the Right) in 1166, was further appointed as Sangi (councilor) in between December 1175 - January 1176, and was counted as one of the Kugyo.
永万2年（1166年）に蔵人頭兼右大弁に就任、さらに安元元年（1175年）11月、参議に就任し、公卿に列した。