Kuniomi's interest in Shoko-shugi never stopped, and in 1857, he made a direct appeal to the lord of the domain about the revival of inuoumono (a dog-hunting event), leading him to be confined due to his rude manners.
国臣の尚古主義は止まず、安政4年（1857年）には藩主に犬追物の復活を直訴し、無礼として幽閉されている。