On November 24 in the following year, he assumed office as Chief Staff Officer of the 2nd division (Japanese Army), and in 1894 he was appointed as Army Major General to be Chief of the 7th Infantry Brigade to depart for the front of Sino-Japanese War.
翌年11月24日、第2師団(日本軍)参謀長に就任し、1894年には陸軍少将に任命され歩兵第7旅団長を補され、日清戦争に出征する。