He then served Grand Empress Dowager FUJIWARA no Tashi, from the Tokudaiji family in the maternal line, as Taikotaigo (Grand Empress Dowager) gon no suke, and at the same time, he was given an office by Josaimonin that his paternal grandmother was working for; therefore, he was close to both the Tokudaiji family and Josaimonin, but the Taikotaigo office was only the official post that he was appointed to.
その後は母方の縁に連なる徳大寺家出身の太皇太后藤原多子に太皇太后権亮として仕え、その一方で父方の祖母が仕えている上西門院からも位階をさずかり、この時期徳大寺家、上西門院に近い存在であったが太皇太后職以外の官職には恵まれていなかった。