The following year, he became the governor of the domain after Hansekihokan (the return of the domain registers to the Meiji Emperor), and then, in 1871, lost his position in the Haihan Chiken (the abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures).
翌年の版籍奉還により藩知事となり、明治4年（1871年）の廃藩置県で免官。