In September 1800 after he came back to Hiroshima, he suddenly attempted to flee the domain and went to Kyoto to hide himself in his dissolute mate Shinkuro FUKUI's house (who later became an official physician to the lord, also known as Susumu FUKUI).
帰国後の寛政12年（1800年）9月、突如脱藩を企て上洛し京都の放蕩仲間・福井新九郎（後の御典医・福井晋）の家に潜伏する。