Appointed to Minbu shoyu (Junior Assistant Minister of Popular Affairs) in 1259, he became Keishi (household superintendent) of the Konoe and the Takatsukasa family, and began to serve as shitsuji (a steward) of Kanehira TAKATSUKASA and Iemoto KONOE from 1278.
正元元年に民部少輔に任じられ、近衛家・鷹司家の家司となり、弘安元年（1278年）より鷹司兼平・近衛家基の執事を務めた。