First, he founded the Special Taiwanese Custom and Practice Research Board, and invited Santaro OKAMATSU, a jurist and professor of Kyoto Imperial University, while he became the chairman of the board himself.
まず、台湾における調査事業として臨時台湾旧慣調査会を発足させ京都帝国大学教授で法学者の岡松参太郎を招聘し、同時に自ら同会の会長に就任した。