After working as jiju (a 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), he was given Jusanmi Gon Chunagon (Junior Third Rank, Vice-Councilor of State) in 1774 and joined the realm of kugyo (high-rank Court nobles).
その後、侍従・左近衛少将・左近衛中将を経て、安永3年（1774年）に従三位権中納言となり、公卿に列する。