He took part in Anglo-Satsuma War and Boshin War, and in April 1869, assumed office as Hohei Daitai Shotai Shoto (a Shoto head of infantry battalion and platoon) of the Satsuma Domain.
薩英戦争・戊辰戦争に従軍、明治2年（1869年）4月、薩摩藩歩兵大隊小隊小頭に就任。