He was the only person that made every possible effort at the topography compilation project by Meiji Government from beginning to end, but almost no biography has been written about him, and he is scarcely known in the world now.
明治政府の地誌編纂事業に終始尽力した唯一の人物であるが、彼に関する伝記はほぼ皆無に等しく、今日においては殆ど知られていない。