Three years later, he was appointed to Sangi (Councilor) and later he was yielded Innoshikken status (regent to the shogunate under the retired emperor) of the Retired Emperor Gouda from his father in 1315; however, he resigned as Sangi upon the death of his father in the same year.
3年後に参議に任じられ、徳治元年（1315年）に父より後宇多上皇の院執権を譲られるが、同年の父の没により参議を辞任。