He continued receiving promotions and became Dainagon (chief councilor of state) in 1467 and the Naidaijin (Minister of the Interior) with the rank of Shonii (Senior Second Rank) in 1472.
その後も連年昇進を続け、応仁元年（1467年）には大納言となり、文明(日本)4年（1472年）には正二位内大臣となる。