Though he temporarily fell down after his father's death, he recovered in the era of Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA to be successively appointed to a shugoshiki (military governor) of Kawachi Province, Kii Province and Ecchu Province.
父の死後は一時失脚するが、足利義持の時代に復帰し河内国、紀伊国、越中国の守護職を歴任する。