After assuming Naikyobo no Betto (the chief of Naikyobo, a place in Imperial Palace where singing and dancing was taught), he was appointed to Ukone no daisho (the major captain of the right division of inner palace guards) and Umaryo gogen (an inspector of the right division of Bureau of Horses) in 1442.
内教坊別当を経て、嘉吉2年（1442年）には右近衛大将・右馬寮御監に任じられる。