Munemitsu MUTSU, not a member of hanbatsu, continued to favor HOSHI who was critical of the oligarchic government dominated by hanbatsu, and HOSHI served as law advisor to the Korean government, and also as a minister-counselor to the United States.
藩閥政治に対する批判者であったが、非藩閥の陸奥宗光からは引き続き可愛がられ、朝鮮政府の法律顧問や駐米公使を務める。