After being conferred as Shosanmi (Senior Third Rank) and being appointed as Sangi (Councilor) and Sakone no chujo (Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), he was conferred Junii (Junior Second Rank) Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state) in 1753, but in 1758, he was implicated in the Horeki Incident.
その後、正三位・参議・左近衛中将を経て宝暦3年（1753年）に従二位権中納言となったが、宝暦8年（1758年）には宝暦事件に連座。