He was the 28th family head of the Kanroji family which was Tosho-ke (the hereditary lineage of court nobles occupying relatively high ranks), and the main branch of Kajuji of the Takafuji group of the Northern House of the Fujiwara clan, an important noble family.
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28代目当主。