In the same year, he went to Edo along with Nariyuki NIJO, Tadafusa KONOE and Mitsushige HIROHASHI so as to perform Shogun Senge (the imperial authorization for shogunal investiture) for Iemochi TOKUGAWA who was then installed as the 14th Seii Taishogun (literally, the great general who subdues the barbarians, which was a military rank and historical title of Shogun).
同年、二条斉敬・近衛忠房・広橋光成とともに江戸に降り、14代征夷大将軍となった徳川家茂に将軍宣下を行った。