He gave lectures to Michinomiya Imperial Prince Hirohito (Prince Regent, later Emperor Showa) as scholar, and at a certain serious incident in the Imperial Palace, he cooperated with the Kuninomiya family against Ariake YAMAGATA.
迪宮裕仁親王（摂政宮、のちの昭和天皇）の御進講役も勤め、さらに宮中某重大事件にては久邇宮家と結んで、山縣有朋に対抗した。