Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri mai, i mahi ia i te Imperial General Headquarters hei rangatira o te kaimahi o te Inspectorate General of Military Training. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he tohu Palgwae i te tau 1904. I te marama o Hanuere 1905, i eke ia ki te taumata o te rangatira rangatira, a, i muri tata mai ka riro ia ia te mana o te 14,000 o nga IJA 13th Division, i arahina e ia i te wa o te whakaekenga o Sakhalin
He aha? Mo tana mahi angitu i te pakanga, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te taitara o te parani ("danshaku") i te 21 o Hepetema 1907.