He actively engaged in politics in the Imperial Court mainly in the era of the Emperor Reigen and the Emperor Higashiyama, for example, by acting as a bukedensoyaku (a position to transmit request from buke to the emperor or the retired emperor).
武家伝奏役などをつとめて主に霊元天皇・東山天皇の御世の朝廷政治において活躍した。