He served in the Nagasaki prefectural judiciary and as an assistant in the Kyushu peace keeping office; and was a senior secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1870 until 1872 when he became governor of Niigata Prefecture.
長崎県判事兼九州鎮撫使参謀助役をつとめ、1870年に外務省権大丞、1872年に外務大丞を経て、同年、新潟県令として就任する。