After holding the positions of Chunagon (vice-chief councilor of state), Toka no sechie Geben (a Kugyo who supervised many matters outside Jomei Gate at Toka no sechie - Imperial Court Ceremonies), Dainagon (chief councilor of state), Toka no sechie Naiben (a Kugyo who supervised many matters inside Jomei Gate at Toka no sechie (Imperial Court Ceremony, that took place on May 16) and others, and he was appointed to Kotaigogu no daibu (master of the Empress Dowager's Household) to Yasuko TAKATSUKASA, who became Empress Dowager in 1847.
その後も中納言・踏歌節会外弁・大納言・踏歌節会内弁などを務め、弘化4年（1847年）に皇太后となった鷹司祺子の皇太后宮大夫となる。