On July 8, he was transferred to Jingi haku (a chief official in charge of matters relating to Shintoism) from the governor of Jingikan and assigned to Senkyo Chokan (a chief of missionary work) a the same time by a reform of the bureaucratic system.
7月8日、官制改正により、神祇官知事から神祇伯に異動し、宣教長官を兼帯。