In 1892, he was appointed a vice admiral of the Navy and a director of the Yokosuka Chinju-fu (naval base) after serving as a director of the Military Affairs Bureau at the Naval Ministry and principal of the Naval War College.
のち海軍省海軍省軍務局長兼海軍大学校校長を経て、には海軍中将に任官、横須賀鎮守府長官を拝命。