On August 3, 1869, he was appointed as the governor of the Hisai domain as a result of Hanseki-hokan (return of lands and people to the emperor), and in August, 1871, he was dismissed from the post of the governor of the domain in the process of Haihan-chiken (abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures).
明治2年（1869年）6月26日、版籍奉還により久居藩知事に任じられ、明治4年（1871年）7月の廃藩置県で藩知事を免官された。