 When he inherited the title of his household, he returned to his samurai post and eventually became a bugyō.Kagemoto held the posts of Finance Magistrate, North Magistrate, and subsequently South Magistrate of Edo.When the Tokugawa Shogunate instituted the Tenpō Reforms, South Magistrate Torii Yōzō and Rōjū Mizuno Tadakuni tried to enforce sumptuary edicts banning theatre and other popular entertainment.