Later he was raised to Shosanmi Hisangi (post not involved in the council at senior third rank), however, on December 9, 1663 (in old lunar calendar), he became a priest, and on March 8 of the very next year, he died.
その後、正三位非参議に至ったが、寛文3年（1663年）11月10日に出家し、翌年の2月11日に薨去した。