In Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he was promoted from an official in charge of the ceremonies and a magistrate of temples and shrines, to the Kyoto deputy, and finally to the member of shogun's council of elders.
江戸幕府では奏者番兼寺社奉行、京都所司代と昇進を重ね、更に老中。