He was promoted to [[metsuke]] in [[1854]], and later that year was assigned Matsumae Ezochi yô Edo toriatsukai (official handling matters relating to [[Matsumae han|Matsumae]]/[[Ezo]] in [[Edo]]), replacing [[Arao Shigemasa]] who was being promoted to [[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]. By the beginning of [[1855]], he had been reassigned to [[Shimoda]] ''torishimari kakari''.
He was promoted to [[metsuke]] in [[1854]], and later that year was assigned Matsumae Ezochi yô Edo toriatsukai (official handling matters relating to [[Matsumae han|Matsumae]]/[[Ezo]] in [[Edo]]), replacing [[Arao Shigemasa]] who was being promoted to [[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]]. By the beginning of [[1855]], he had been reassigned to [[Shimoda]] ''torishimari kakari''.
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In [[1859]], he was dismissed from the position of ''[[Sakuji bugyo|Sakuji bugyô]]'' and sentenced to house confinement amidst the dismissal and house confinement of a number of prominent officials associated with foreign affairs.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 3 (1937), 210.</ref>