 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokudzorerwa kweMeiji, Ogawa akapinda Chikoro cheMasoja cheJapan uye akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna January 1871 uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru muna February 1874. Akatora rutivi muTaiwan ExpeditionyaApril 1874. Mushure mezvo, akashanda neIJA 1st Infantry Regiment pasi peTokyo Garrison, uye semutungamiriri webattalion neIJA 13th Infantry Regiment kubva muna Kubvumbi 1876. Kubvira muna February 1877, akarwa muSatsuma Rebellion, asi akakuvadzwa muhondo muna April uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mumwedzi iwoyo. 