In 1872, he was appointed to a Goyogakari (a general affairs official of the Imperial Household) for exhibition and he held Japan's first exhibition in Yushima Seido (Sacred Hall at Yushima) in March 1872 to modernize Japanese industry.
1872年（明治5年）、博覧会御用掛に就任し、日本の産業の近代化をめざすべく、同年3月に日本初の博覧会を湯島聖堂で開催する。