In 1880, he became Shoyu of the Ministry of Education, and in November of the same year, he became the vice chief of audition and the councilor of the National Industrial Exhibition.
明治13年（1880年）に文部少輔（現在の文部省事務次官）となり、同11月には内国勧業博覧会の審査副長および議官に就任した。