He was promoted to Shogoi (Senior Fifth Rank) Jobenkan (major controller of oversight department) at Kurodo dokoro (the Office of Imperial Household Logistics) in 1455, and then to Uchuben (Middle Controller of the Right) in the following year; since then, he was involved in practical work for the Imperial court.
康正元年（1455年）正五位上弁官・蔵人所、翌年に右中弁に進み、以後朝廷の実務に携わる。