After that, he became kanpaku and Toshi choja (head of the Fujiwara clan) in 1578 after assuming Sadaijin (minister of the left), but he resigned the post in 1581.
その後、左大臣を経て天正6年（1578年）関白・藤氏長者となったが、同9年（1581年）これを辞任。