After holding the position of Jingikan Jingigon no taishi, Jingidaishi, Jingidairoku, and Kyobusho (Ministry of Religion) Kyobudairoku, in 1878 he became a lecturer at the University of Tokyo and Goyogakari (a general affaires official of the Imperial Household) at Shushikan (a national institute established to compile the official Japanese history).
神祇官神祇権大史・神祇大史・神祇大録・教部省教部大録を経て、明治11年（1878年）、東京大学講師と、修史館御用掛になる。