On October 28, 1868 after the new era began, he was appointed to constitute prefecture at the beginning of Meiji, Nichien Province magistrate, and to be a judge to start working as a high official of the new government.
元号が代わって明治元年（1868年）10月28日遠国奉行明治初期の府の設置と変遷判事に任じられ、新政府高官としての活躍が始まる。