Having experienced Ukone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards) and omi no suke (assistant governor of Omi Province), he was promoted to In no betto in 1780 by gaining trust of the retired emperor.
右近衛少将・近江介への任官を経て、安永9年（1780年）には上皇の信任を得て院別当へ昇格している。