In the same year, he was appointed to Toshi choja (the last choja) after abolishment of Sessho Kanpaku (regent and chief adviser to the Emperor) and assigned to Ou Chinbu-sotoku (Commander Office of Ou region suppression campaign) of the government.
同年、摂政関白廃止後の藤氏長者に任じられ（最後の長者）、官軍の奥羽鎮撫総督に就任。