He moved to Tokyo after the war, joined the army in April 1871, and in July of that year, appointed to the army lieutenant assigned to the Second Battalion of Goshimpei (army to convoy the Emperor).
戦後上京し1871年（明治4年）4月から陸軍に出仕、同年7月から陸軍中尉・御親兵第2大隊付に任ぜられる。