After that, he was successively promoted to Konoefu (to the Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guards), Konoefu, and Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain), and finally became Sangi in 1491 to rank with Kugyo.
以降累進して、右近衛少将・右近衛権中将、蔵人頭を経て、延徳3年（1491年）には参議となり、公卿に列する。