Here, he set up a bureau for provisional national inspection of treasure where he became its chairman and Fenollosa and Tenshin became its members, to inspect and preserve cultural properties.
ここで臨時全国宝物取調掛を設置して自ら委員長となり、旧知のフェノロサや天心が委員を務めて文化財の調査・保護に当たった。