He worked to get a pardon for his father-in-law, Narinori UESUGI of the Yonezawa Domain when he was being chased by the Imperial army, because of his commitment to the Boshin Civil War.
また、義父上杉斉憲の米沢藩が戊辰戦争によって官軍の追討を受けるとその赦免に奔走した。