He served as the head of Sunto County, and was elected to the Diet in the first general election of members of the House of Representatives, where he was active in the Rikken seiyukai (a political party organized by Hirobumi ITO).
駿東郡長をつとめたり、第1回衆議院議員総選挙で当選、立憲政友会の結成に活躍した。