He was the 29th head of the Kanroji family, a Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) (the family ranked as Meike (an important family) (a court noble), and belonged to the Kanshuji branch of the Takafuji line of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan).
堂上家（名家(公家)、藤原北家高藤流勧修寺嫡流）である、甘露寺家の29代目当主。