on coming back to japan , he was appointed as ekitei-no-kami (minister of post and telecommunications ), exerted himself to found a postal system , and established the basis of a modern postal system in japan . - 帰国、駅逓頭に任じられ、郵便制度創設に尽力、日本の近代的郵便制度の基礎を確立。
he became sozei gonnokami (the principle officer of tax ), then in may , ekitei gonnnokami (the principle officer of posts ) concurrently , and proposed daijokan (grand council of state ) to establish a postal system . - 租税権正、5月には駅逓権正兼任となり、太政官に郵便制度創設を建議。
