In the year before, his rank became as high as Shonii (Senior Second Rank), but later he resigned from Gon Chunagon in 1465, he firmly refused to assume the new title.
すでに前年には官位は正二位に昇っていたが、官職は寛正6年（1465年）に権中納言を辞して以来、就任を固辞している。