Since Kenshi was banned from making a public speech within Tokyo Prefecture because of the speech he had made at the Asakusa Imura-ro hall, he obtained a lecturer's license to appear at a vaudeville hall under the stage name "Senseido Kakumei" and advocated freedom and people's rights through his oral storytelling, but he was punished along with the host of the vaudeville hall and was sentenced to brief imprisonment, one month in jail, for violating the Public Assembly Law.
浅草井村楼での演説のために東京府下の演説が禁じられたので、講釈師の鑑札を受けて芸名「先醒堂覚明」で席亭に出、講談に託して自由民権を説いたが、席亭主人とともに罰せられ、健之は集会条例違反で軽禁錮1ヶ月に処せられた。