He experienced various important posts through serving Tomomi IWAKURA after Meiji Restoration, and assumed the governor of Mono Prefecture (changed to Ishinomaki Prefecture soon) in 1869.
明治維新後、岩倉具視に仕え様々な要職を経て、1869年には桃生県（すぐにのち石巻県に改められる）知事に就任。