Harumichi was asked to continue the study of Atsutane's "Koshi" by his friend Tadayuki TSUNODA and students including Katsutaka KINOTO, however, he rejected it and went back to his hometown, Ozu, then soon in the next year, on 19th May, he died.
以後も古史成文の学習を続けて頂く様に、畏友角田忠行や門弟の木野戸勝隆を始めとして弟子達がお願いしたが、聞き入れず、郷里の大洲の地に帰郷し、翌年の五月十九日に逝去する。