After the abolition of Tenmonkata, in Spring 1869, with his legitimate grandchild Yakichi YAMAJI (oldest son of Akiyoshi), he moved to Shizuoka City with no salary; soon after that (no later than 1872), he handed over the family estate to Yakichi and lived there in retirement.
天文方廃止後の明治2年（1869年）春に嫡孫の山路彌吉（彰善の長男）を連れて無禄にて静岡市に移り住み、程なく（遅くとも明治5年（1872年）以前に）彌吉に家督を譲り、隠居生活を送った。