After the Sino-Japanese War he temporarily lay low with sickness, but in 1899 became commander of the Sasebo Naval College, and in 1901 was assigned the first commander of the newly established Maizuru Naval Base.
日清戦争後一時病床に伏すも、明治32年に佐世保鎮守府司令長官となり、明治34年（1901年）には新設の舞鶴鎮守府初代司令長官に就任した。