After the collapse of the Edo bakufu, Nobuyoshi SAWA who had served as sanyo (a councilor) was appointed to double as the Governor of the Nagasaki Court on March 7, 1868, and came to Nagasaki together with a newly assigned officer in charge of foreign affairs, Kaoru INOUE.
江戸幕府が瓦解すると、1868年3月7日（慶応4年2月14日）、参与であった沢宣嘉が長崎裁判所総督兼任を命じられ、外国事務係となった井上馨と共に長崎に着任した。