He successively held positions of Goyo-gakari (a general affairs official of the Imperial Household) of the school of national learning, danjoin (president of the board of censors), gijo, and the chief of accountancy, and, in addition, he studied abroad in the United States study about Navy to become a rear admiral in 1876, but on May 24 of the same year, he passed away.
和学校御用掛・弾正尹・議定・会計事務総督を歴任した他、アメリカ合衆国に留学し海軍について学び、1876年（明治9年）海軍少将となるも同年5月24日薨去する。