In 1873, he went to Kyoto and served for the government as Cabinet Adviser and he assigned Sadaijin (minister of the left) and made a petition for the restoration of old customs in the following year, 1874, but he was practically excluded from political decisions.
明治6年（1873年）には上京し、政府に出仕して内閣顧問、翌7年には左大臣となり、旧習復帰の建白を行うが、政府の意思決定からは実質的に排除された。