Upon Crown Prince Ayahito's ascendance to the throne in 1817, he stepped down from the post of Togu Gon no daibu and served as shikken (chief aide) to the retired Emperor Kokaku, who abdicated and started the cloister government.
文化14年（1817年）、皇太子恵仁親王の即位に伴い、春宮権大夫を辞職の上、退位して院政を開始した光格上皇の院執権に転じた。