He became the Naidaijin (Inner Minister) in 1771 and later experienced the Udaijin (Minister of the Right) and the Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), and finally became the Kanpaku (Chief Adviser to the Emperor) in 1791.
明和8年（1771年）に内大臣となり、以後、右大臣、左大臣を歴任し、寛政3年（1791年）に関白になった。