In Aizu War, he brought a dazzling victory by defeating the New government army led by Taisuke ITAGAKI, and on October 7, 1868, informed that Aizu Wakamatsu Castle was surrounded by the enemy, he took such a stupefying strategy as to let their reinforcements enter the castle with performers playing Higan-jishi, a traditional performing art of Aizu Region, put in the head of the procession.
会津戦争では板垣退助率いる新政府軍を破るという金星を挙げるが、8月22日_(旧暦)（1868年10月7日）に会津若松城が包囲されていることを知り、会津地方の伝統芸能である彼岸獅子を先頭で演じさせて加勢を入城させるという離れ業を演じた。