He was asked to be an instructor of art analysis at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (present Tokyo University of the Arts) in 1889 as well as an instructor of aesthetics at Keio University in September 1892 (However he was relieved of both these posts when he had to leave for the front line of the Sino-Japanese War and was transferred to Ogura).
1889年（明治22年）に東京美術学校（現東京藝術大学）の美術解剖学講師を、1892年（明治25年）9月に慶應義塾大学の審美学（美学の旧称）講師を委嘱された（いずれも日清戦争出征時と小倉転勤時に解嘱））。