In 1877 at the outbreak of Seinan War he joined the army of the former Satsuma Domain and fought with them, and after the war he hid himself in a mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture but was captured.
明治10年（1877年）、西南戦争の勃発に際して旧薩摩藩軍に身を投じ、活躍するも、敗戦後、熊本県の山中に身を隠すも逮捕された。