He was ordered to return to the secular world in May, 1862, and restored to the government of the court as the new post, Kokuji goyogakari (a general official of the Imperial Household in charge of the State affair) in January 1863 (December in old calendar).
同5月還俗を命じられ、12月には新設の国事御用掛に補任されて朝政に復帰した。