He was promoted successively since being conferred a peerage in 1489, and became Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) and was raised to Kugyo in 1502 after experience as jiju (chamberlain), Sakone no shosho (minor captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) and Sakone no chujo (middle captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards).
長享3年（1489年）叙爵して以降累進して、侍従・左近衛少将・左近衛中将を経て、文亀2年（1502年）従三位となり公卿に列する。