He underwent Joshaku (conferring a peerage) in 1546 and was promoted since then, was assigned to jiju (a chamberlain), Sagami Province, Konoefu (the Headquarters of the Inner Palace Guards), and gained the rank of Jusanmi (Junior Third Rank) in 1552 to be at the same level with the kugyo.
天文15年（1546年）叙爵して以降累進し、侍従・相模国・近衛府を経て、天文21年（1552年）に従三位となり、公卿に列する。