He became Naidaijin (Grand Minister of the Center) in 1183, but as a court noble loyal to the Imperial faction, he was dismissed from his position during the coup d'etat launched by means of the battle at Hoju-ji Temple instigated in the eleventh month of 1183 by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
寿永二年（1183年）内大臣となるが、同年11月におこった源義仲の法住寺合戦によるクーデターの際に法皇派公卿として解官される。