He is believed to have served as a military commissioner in the Jokyu war, then became a member of the Council of State which was established in 1225 and became a commissioner of the grant of honors/distribution of rewards and Jibugyo (a city magistrate of Kyoto).
承久の乱では軍奉行を務めたと見られ、その後、嘉禄元年（1225年）に設置された評定衆の一員となり、恩賞奉行や地奉行となっている。