After that, he moved on to Vice-chief of Staff Headquarters in position and Lieutenant General in rank, and in April, 1900 assumed office as Chief of the 7th Shidan in succession to Lieutenant General Takeshiro NAGAYAMA.
その後、職は参謀本部次長、階級は陸軍中将に進み1900年4月、永山武四郎中将の後任として第7師団(日本軍)長に就任する。