After that, based on the experience of his visit to Europe, he set up Tokyo Shoho Kaigisho (Tokyo Chamber of Commerce), the first Chamber of Commerce in Japan, with Eiichi SHIBUSAWA and Tomoatsu GODAI in 1880, and also set up Ryuchi-kai (Ryuchi party) with Tsunetami SANO in the same year and promoted the arts as its vice-president.
その後ヨーロッパ視察の経験を生かして渋沢栄一・五代友厚らとともに明治13年（1880年）に日本最初の商工会議所である東京商法会議所を結成、同年佐野常民とともに龍池会を結成して副会頭に就任して美術奨励にあたった。