He served as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the Kuroda Cabinet, as Home Minister (Japan) in the second Ito Cbinet and held important posts involved in many corruptions.
黒田内閣で農商務大臣を務め、第2次伊藤内閣では内務大臣(日本)など、汚職にまみれながらも数々の要職を歴任した。