In his later years, he exercised his ability as a warrior to slay a rozekimono (ruffian) in 1912 and took the head of the founders of Aizu Irei Gi Kai (Aizu Association of comforting the spirits of the war victims), but he died at the age of 85 in 1923.
晩年は大正元年（1912年）、狼藉者を無礼討ちにするなど武弁ぶりを発揮、会津弔霊義会の発起人代表を務めたが、大正12年（1923年）齢85で没した。