After Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures), he served his hometown Aomori Precture, but by recommendation from Tateki TANI who had been watching his performance in Boshin War, he began to serve the army in 1871.
廃藩置県後は地元の青森県に出仕していたが、戊辰戦争での活躍を見ていた谷干城の推薦により明治4年（1871年）には陸軍に出仕。