Later he was released from confinement and promoted to Gon Chunagon (a provisional vice-councilor of state) in 1868, assumed posts in the new Meiji Government, such as Sanyo (Councilor) or Gijo (official post), a member of the Cabinet, and died in 1879 at the age of 79.
後に許されて、明治元年（1868年）には位階・権中納言に進み、参与・議定など新政府の役職を務め、明治12年（1879年）に死去、享年79。