He joined Foreign Ministry after graduation from Tokyo University and was selected for the director of government affairs by Jutaro KOMURA, Minister of Foreign Affairs with the favor of Shinichiro KURINO who was his senior in Shuyukan in 1901 when he was only 34 years old.
東大卒業後、外務省に入省し、修猷館の先輩である栗野慎一郎の知遇も得て、明治34年（1901年）、外務大臣小村寿太郎により弱冠34歳にして政務局長に抜擢される。