Thereafter he was successively promoted to Jiju (Chamberlain), Ukone no shosho (Minor Captain of the Right Division of Inner Palace Guards), Sakone no chujo (Middle Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards), and in 1624 he became Chugu Gon no suke (Provisional Assistant Master of the Consort's Household) of Masako TOKUGAWA, Chugu (the Empress) of the Emperor Gomizunoo, but he resigned his post when the Emperor abdicated in 1629.
以降累進して、侍従・右近衛少将・左近衛中将を経て、寛永元年（1624年）後水尾天皇の中宮徳川和子の中宮権亮となるも寛永6年（1629年）の天皇の退位にともない辞職。