 During the Meiji era, Naritami was made a "shishaku" (viscount) in the new nobility system.Naritami, also known as Matsudaira Kakudō, was an acquaintance of Clara Whitney, and is often mentioned in Whitney's early Meiji-era diary.Naritami's court rank was the rather high senior third rank ("shōsanmi" 正三位); at different times over the course of his life, he also held the honorary titles of "Echigo no Kami" 越後守 and "Mikawa no Kami" 三河守.