His politically important posts to be mentioned were only Shiho-taifu (a post of Ministry of Justice) and a membership of the House of Peers, but he is appreciated as highly as Shinpei ETO in the introduction of the modern law.
政治的要職としては司法大輔・貴族院(日本)位であったが、日本の近代法導入の功績に関しては江藤新平と並んで高く評価されている。