He later came back to the former post through the mediation of Tomomi IWAKURA, Udaijin (Minister of the Right) and then he became a grand secretary of Daijokan (Grand Council of State) in 1877 and the first Chief Secretary of the Cabinet two years later.
後に右大臣岩倉具視の取り成しによって復官し、明治10年（1877年）に太政官大書記官、2年後に初代内閣書記官長となる。