In April 1872, he entered the service of a seventh grade official of Bureau of Taxation by the recommendation of Okura no taifu (a senior assistant minister of the Ministry of Treasury) Kaoru INOUE and worked at Yokohama Customs.
1872年4月、大蔵大輔井上馨の推薦で租税寮七等出仕、横浜税関詰となる。