He was ennobled in 1458, and then he was successively promoted to jiju (chamberlain), Ukone no Gon no shosho (Provisional Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Shimotsuke no Gon no suke (Provisional Assistant Governor of Shimotsuke Province), Ukone no chujo (Middle Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), and Kurodo no to (Head Chamberlain), and finally became Sangi in 1480 to rank with Kugyo, but died in the following year.
長禄2年（1458年）叙爵し、以降累進して侍従・右近衛権少将・下野権介・右近衛中将・蔵人頭をへて、文明12年（1480年）に参議となり、公卿に列したが、その翌年に薨去。