In 1136 he was awarded Shonii (Senior Second Rank) and was appointed Gon Dainagon (a provisional chief councilor of state); however, the Kanin line (of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan) entered a period of recession due to the resignation of Emperor Sutoku in 1141 and Taikeimonin joining nunnery in 1142.
保延2年（1136年）に正二位権大納言となるが、永治元年（1141年）の崇徳退位と康治元年（1142年）の待賢門院出家により、閑院流は低迷期に入る。