After that, he served as Saemon no kami (captain of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards), Sangi (councillor), and oka no sechie Geben (a kugyo who supervised many matters outside Jomei Gate at Toka no sechie [Imperial Court Ceremony]), and in 1663, he assumed the position of Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state), but he resigned from his position and became a priest in the same year.
その後も左衛門督・参議・踏歌節会外弁を経て、寛文3年（1663年）権中納言に就任したが、同年に辞職して出家した。