During the Satsuma Rebellion, he went to the front as the regimental commander of the 12th Regiment of Foot Soldiers, and during the Sino-Japanese War, he participated in the attack to Ikaiei (a harbor city in the Sandong Peninsula, present Weihai in China) as the division commander of the 6th Division (Japanese Army).
西南の役では歩兵第12連隊長として出征し、日清戦争では第6師団(日本軍)長として威海衛の攻撃に参加する。