During the Meiji Restoration, Ujiyoshi was pardoned and conferred Shoshii (Senior Fourth Rank) posthumously, and on July 8, 1884, the title of viscount was bestowed upon Tomoatsu SAKURAI.
明治維新に氏福の罪が許されて正四位が追贈され、1884年7月8日桜井供義に子爵の位を授けられた。