On June 3, Torataro was conferred the title of Marquis and thus raised to the peerage on the ground of his father Takamori's achievements in the Restoration, thereafter becoming a member of the House of Peers (Marquis member).
6月3日父隆盛の維新の功により侯爵を授かり華族に列せられ、貴族院議員（侯爵議員）に就任する。