In May 1895, after the war, he assumed the position of General-governor of the occupied territory, received Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun in the same year and was raised to Viscount.
戦後の明治28年（1895年）5月占領地総督に就任し、同年勲一等旭日大綬章を受章し子爵に陞爵。