Meanwhile, Takahide joined the Hyojo shu (Councilors) in 1368, was promoted to Jushiinoge (Junior Fourth Rank, Lower Grade) and appointed Daizen Daibu (Master of the Office of the Palace Table), and when his father died in 1373, he headed the family estate.
なおこの間、正平23年/応安元年（1368年）に評定衆へと加わり、従四位下大膳大夫に任ぜられ、文中2年/応安6年（1373年）には父が亡くなり家督を継いでいる。