After working for Minbusho (Ministry of Popular Affairs), he accompanied Tsunetami SANO (the founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society) as a secretary when Sano attended the world exposition in Vienna as a vice-president.
民部省に勤めたのち、明治6（1873）年には、ウイーン万国博覧会に副総裁として出席する佐野常民（日本赤十字社の創設者）の書記官として随行。