He was transferred to Sadaiben (major controller of the left) in 1455, Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state), Uhyoe no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards) and Kebiishi no betto (Superintendent of the Imperial Police) in the following year, and after 1459 he had been in charge of buke tenso (liaison officers between the imperial court and the military government) which was his family's profession.
康正元年（1455年）に左大弁に転じ、翌年には権中納言・右兵衛督・検非違使別当、長禄3年（1459年）以後、家職であった武家伝奏を務める。