Although he served the Imperial Court mainly in the generation of the Emperor Ogimachi (the 106th), he was promoted only to Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) in spite of being the family head of the Sanjo family, which is a Seiga family (one of the highest court noble families in Japan at that time), because of his premature death.
主に正親町天皇（106代）の代に朝廷に仕えていたが、早世したために清華家三条家の当主でありながら生前の官位は正三位止まりであった。