With the movement for the establishment of women's colleges in Japan by Jinzo NARUSE, and the promulgation of Girl's Higher Education Law and Order of Private Schools in 1899, the public interest in Japanese women's education developed, and she resigned from the government post in 1900.
成瀬仁蔵の女子大学創設運動や、1899年に高等女学校令、私立学校令がそれぞれ公布されて法整備が整い、女子教育への機運が高まると、1900年に官職を辞職。