After that, he was promoted successively to jiju (chamberlain), Sakone Gon no shosho (Provisional Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), Mimasaka no Gon no kami (Provisional Governor of Mimasaka Province), and Sakone Gon no chujo (Provisional Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), and finally became Sangi (councilor) in 1796 to rank with Kugyo.
以降累進して侍従・左近衛権少将・美作権守・左近衛権中将をへて、寛政8年（1796年）参議となり、公卿に列する。