When the Imperial Diet was established in 1890, he was selected as a member of the House of Peers and also was appointed to the Secretery of the Sumitsu-in or Privy Council.
明治23年（1890年）の帝国議会発足時には、貴族院議員に勅撰され、枢密院(日本)書記官長を兼ねる。