However, after he resigned Udaijin and Ukone no daisho (Major Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards) on April 1578, he did not receive any government post and remained Sani (courtier without post).
しかし天正6年（1578年）4月に右大臣兼右近衛大将を辞した後、官職に就かず散位のままであった。