After Nariakira's death he attempted to leave the domain with his forty comrades including Toshimichi OKUBO, but as Tadayoshi SHIMAZU, lord of the domain, dissuaded him from leaving, he then assumed the post of Ometsuke-yaku (inspector general).
斉彬の死後、大久保利通ら同志40名と共に脱藩を企てたものの、藩主島津忠義の慰留をうけて大目付役に就任。