Then he was appointed to a post at Konoefu (the headquarters of the inner palace guards) at the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1587, becoming a kugyo, after assuming jiju (chamberlain) and a post at Konoefu.
それから、侍従・近衛府をへて、天正15年（1587年）に従三位・近衛府となり、公卿に列する。