Even after he went to Kyoto under Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, he accepted comparatively lower government posts such as Danjo shochu (an assistant President of the Board of Censors) and Danjo daihitsu (senior assistant President of the Board of Censors).
足利義昭を奉じて上洛した後も弾正少忠や弾正大弼といった比較的低い官に甘んじている。