He was promoted quickly as the head of a Seigake (which literally means "Seiga family," which refers to a family whose status was the second highest among noble families) after he was conferred a peerage in 1718, and he ranked among Court nobles with the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1724 after he experienced a chamberlain and a Sakone no Chujo (Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards).
享保3年（1718年）に叙爵して以降清華家当主として速いスピードで昇進し、侍従や左近衛中将を経て、享保9年（1724年）従三位となり、公卿に列する。