After the Coup of the Third Year of Jisho, he served an additional post of Uhyoe no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards) replacing FUJIWARA no Mitsuyoshi, and he was promoted to Junii (Junior Second Rank) in 1181 and switched to Sahyoe no kami (Captain of the Left Division of Middle Palace Guards).
治承三年の政変後に藤原光能に替わって右兵衛督を兼ね、寿永元年（1181年）に従二位に進み左兵衛督に転じる。