After Meiji Restoration he assumed important posts such as Sanyo (councilor), Genroin gikan (councilor of the Chamber of Elders or Senate), Kobu-taifu (Minister of Industry), Kunai-jikan (an undersecretary of Imperial Household Agency) and president of Nippon Railway (the first private railway company in Japan).
維新後は、参与や元老院議官、工部大輔、宮内次官、また日本鉄道社長などの要職を歴任した。