| In the following September, Kono was appointed to Minister of Education by the Emperor, and as a result, Kataoka was appointed to Secretary of Osaka after returning to the Ministry of the Interior (Japan) since he was discharged as Secretary to the Minister of Education. |
同年9月、河野内相が文部大臣になると再び文相秘書官となるが、3月、文相が井上毅へ親任されるに際して依願免官となると、内務省 (日本)に復帰し大阪書記官に任命される。 |