He was the principal of the Imperial College of Engineer and principal of both Gakushuin and Kazoku Jogakko (girl's school for Kazoku new nobility), resident envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Qing and Korea, and a Privy Council.
工部大学校校長・学習院院長・華族女学校校長・清国駐剳特命全権公使・韓国駐剳特命全権公使・枢密顧問官。