 He was also a professor at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music from 1950 until his retirement in 1959.Maeda was awarded the Order of Culture and was named a Person of Cultural Merit in 1955.In 1967, he was selected to assist in the restoration work on the frescos of the Kondo Hall of the temple of Hōryū-ji in Nara together with Yasuda Yukihiko.