After that, he successively held important posts such as Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), Toka no sechie Geben [a kugyo who supervised many matters outside Jomei Gate at Toka no sechie (Imperial Court Ceremony)], Dainagon (chief councilor of state), and Konoefu (a government official at the Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guards), and assumed Naidaijin (minister of the center) in 1656.
その後、中納言・踏歌節会外弁・大納言・近衛府など要職を歴任し、明暦2年（1656年）には内大臣に就任。