After working as Gon Chunagon (a Provisional Vice-Councilor of State), Toka no sechie Geben (a Kugyo who supervised the event of toka [ceremonial mass singing and stomp dancing] called Toka no sechie held at the Imperial Court on around the fifteenth day of the first month of the year), Saemon no kami (captain of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards), and Uhyoe no kami (Captain of the Right Division of Middle Palace Guards), he was assigned to Togu Gon no daibu (Provisional Master of the Crown Prince's Quarters) serving Imperial Prince Asahito, who was invested as Crown Prince in 1683.
その後、中納言・踏歌節会外弁・衛門府・兵衛府を経て、天和(日本)3年（1683年）に立太子した朝仁親王（東山天皇）の春宮坊となった。その後、権中納言・踏歌節会外弁・左衛門督・右兵衛督を経て、天和3年（1683年）に立太子した朝仁親王（東山天皇）の春宮権大夫となった