Graduated from the Law College of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1903. He joined the Home Ministry and subsequently served as the governor of Saitama Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture. He served as the directorggeneral of the Police Bureau in 1923 and was elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1924. After belonging to the Chusei club, he joined the Rikken Seiyukai (Friends of Constitutional Government Party) He became vice-chairman of the House of the Representatives He served as the vice-chairman of the House of Representatives in 1936 and as the chairman from May, 1942 to April, 1945. He served as the Minister of Health and Welfare in the Kantaro Suzuki Cabinet. After the war, he was purged from public office. At the termination of the purge in 1952, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives. He belonged to the Jiyu-to(Liberal Party).