After that, he was promoted successively to jiju (chamberlain), Echizen no suke (Assistant Governor of Echizen Province), Ukone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), and Owari no Gon no suke (Provisional Assistant Governor of Owari Province), and finally became Sangi in 1557 to rank with Kugyo.
以降累進して、侍従・越前介・右近衛少将・尾張権介を経て、弘治(日本)3年（1557年）参議となり、公卿に列する。