Tsumura passed away suddenly one year later, however he devoted himself to his work as a Otsuzumi kata (large hand drum player) while receiving instructions from Kuro Tomoharu HOSHO from the head family of Hosho school, Kingo MISU in Kotsuzumi kata of Ko school, and Motonori KANZE in Taiko-kata Kanze-ryu (the Kanze school for drum performers).
一年後津村が急逝したが、宝生流宗家宝生九郎知栄、小鼓方幸流三須錦吾、太鼓方観世流観世元規らの指導を受けながら、大鼓方としての活動に精進した。