In 1871, he went up to Tokyo, and from 1875, he was involved the historiography project carried out by the Meiji government at Shushikan affiliated to the Bureau of Historiography, Dajokan-Seiin (the Grand Council of state).
明治4年（1871年）に上京し、明治8年（1875年）以降太政官正院修史局・修史館にて明治政府の修史事業に関わった。