Therefore, he was assigned to the governor of Hakodate Court by the new government and succeeded operations from the former Hakodate bugyo (magistrate) of bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) at Hakodate on June 16.
よって新政府より箱館裁判所総督に任命されて閏4月26日、旧幕府管轄箱館奉行より箱館において業務引き継ぎを行った。