In the intercalary ninth month of 1680, he was appointed Sakone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), which was the highest rank for a koke, and in March 1683 he was installed as a koke together with Mototsune OSAWA and Yoshisato HATAKEYAMA.
延宝8年（1680年）閏9月、高家の極官である左近衛少将に任官し、天和(日本)3年（1683年）3月には大沢基恒、畠山義里とともに高家に就任した。