During his sojourn in Turkey he contributed to commerce and cultural exchange and besides introducing the Turkish royal court to the Japanese tea ceremony, there is anecdotal evidence that, during the Russo-Japanese War, he telegraphed Japan the movements of Russian battleships in the Bosporus Sea.
滞在中は通商や文化交流に貢献し宮廷で茶の湯を披露するなどのほか、日露戦争に際してロシア軍艦のボスポラス海峡通過を日本に打電するという逸事がある。