Later he became Genroin gikan (councilor of Chamber of Elders or Senate) (Japan) where he engaged in discussion of Penal Code and Chizaiho (the Criminal Procedure Law of 1880 -1890), and filled posts of a minister to Russia, President of Decoration Bureau and the chairman of Genroin (the Chamber of Elders).
その後元老院(日本)議官となり刑法・治罪法審議に従事し、駐露公使・賞勲局総裁・元老院議長を務める。