 He returned the post of clan chieftain to Kuniyoshi in 1882.In 1887, when Kuniyoshi died, he resumed the title, and well as the "kazoku" peerage title of "shishaku" (viscount).On his death at the age of 65 in 1922, the titles passed to Kuniyoshi's son, Tamura Hiroaki (1875–1945), a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.