He served as (the twentieth) Minister of Home Affairs, the prefectural governor of Nagasaki and Mie, the governor of Hyogo Prefecture, the (second) governor of Nagano Prefecture, the (third) governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, the (eighth) governor of Osaka Prefecture, the (the eight) governor of Kyoto Prefecture, the President of the Board of Audit, and a member of the House of Peers.
内務大臣（第20代）、長崎県令、三重県令、兵庫県知事、長野県知事（第2代）、神奈川県知事（第3代）、大阪府知事（第8代）、京都府知事（第8代）、会計検査院長、貴族院議員を務めた。