Although he bought shares of hatamoto who belonged to Sappei Corps (shogun's troops) to become a shogun's retainer immediately after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, he did not obey the unrelenting resistance policy to the Meiji government by the troops, and he followed the New Government Troops after Edo-jyo Castle was surrendered.
鳥羽伏見の戦い直後に撒兵隊に属する旗本の株を買って幕臣となるが、同隊の明治政府に対する徹底抗戦路線には従わずに江戸開城後は新政府軍に従った。