Complex sentence: Kōtei served Edo Bakufu as a Kachi-Metsuke (徒士目付, officer of infantry), and next, he becomes an infantryman commandant in last days of Edo period.After Meiji Restoration, Kōtei followed Tokugawa Yoshinobu to Suruga (駿河, now Shizuoka prefecture).
Split into simpler sentences: Kōtei served Edo Bakufu as a Kachi-Metsuke (徒士目), an infantry officer, and became an infantryman commandant in thelast days of the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration, Kōtei followed Tokugawa Yoshinobu to Suruga (駿河, now Shizuoka prefecture).