When Yasukazu was Daisanji of Isawa Prefecture, he favored Shinpei GOTO and Makoto SAITO as shosei (a student who is given room and board in exchange for performing domestic duties), and when he was Fukushima Kenrei after Iwakura Mission returned to Japan, he introduced Shinpei GOTO to Fukushima Yogakko (Fukushima School of Western Studies) and Sukagawa Igakko (Sukagawa School of Medical Science).
胆沢県大参事時代に後藤新平、斎藤実を書生として引き立て、岩倉使節団帰国後の福島県令時代には、後藤新平を、福島洋学校、須賀川医学校に紹介。