After serving as Sakone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) and Sakone no chujo, he was appointed to Chugushiki (Office of the Consort's Household) of Fusako TAKATSUKASA, the second consort of the Emperor Reigen as well as becoming Jusanmi in 1683 and was raised to Kugyo.
左近衛少将や左近衛中将を経て、天和(日本)3年（1683年）には霊元天皇中宮鷹司房子の中宮職に任命されるとともに従三位となり、公卿に列する。