He was also a strong adorer of education by national school (present public school in Japan), and put much effort into enhancing the authority of the state, as he even visited the Tokyo Prefectural First Junior High School, the mecca of secondary education by national school in those days, and lectured, "This school is the first junior high school not only in the imperial capital but also in the empire."
官学崇拝も強く、当時の官公立中等教育のメッカである府立一中にも足を運び、「本校は帝都の第一中学であるのみならず、帝国の第一中学である」など講演にても国家の権威を高めることに尽力していた。