After the Restoration of Imperial Rule was achieved, he became an internal office judge and took an extremely conservative stance, for example, together with Kanetane HIRATA, he required Daigaku-ryo (Bureau of Education under the ritsuryo system) (Kangakusho [the Chinese Learning Place]) be annexed to the Daigakukan which centers on the study of Japanese classical literature, and thus gradually deepened a gap between Iwakura and others.
王政復古の後は、内国事務局権判事となり、平田銕胤らと結んで大学寮（漢学所）を国学を中心とする大学官に併合することを求めるなど、きわめて保守的な立場に立ち、徐々に岩倉らとの距離を深めた。