He held the position of Senior secretary of the Council of State for many years and during his later years provided political counsel to Kanezane KUJO who commented that 'such talent should be respected like that of a deity.'
大外記の職を長年務め、晩年には九条兼実より政治の諮問を受け、兼実から「その才、神といふべく尊ぶべし」と評された。