In 1928, he became a member of the House of Peers by imperial selection and was designated as the minister of Colonial Ministry (Takumu-sho) of the first Konoe cabinet; in 1938, he was assigned the post of Naikaku sangi (advisor to the cabinet).
1928年、勅選により貴族院議員となり、第1次近衛内閣で拓務大臣、1938年には内閣参議に就く。