Same as Koin KIDO, he was an advocator of the lenient policy and in the Boshin War; he had a meeting with Seiichiro MIYAJIMA of the Yonezawa Domain to make him commit the facilitation of the Aizu Domain's 'Kisho' (rectification and reinsertion).
戊辰戦争では、米沢藩の宮島誠一郎と会談して会津藩「帰正」の周旋を建白させるなど、木戸孝允と同様に寛典論者であった。