It is said that he was involved in murder of ITO with Kuwajiro OISHI and two others in Abura-no-koji Incident (discourse by Juro ABE in "Shidankaisokkiroku") and he died in Tenmanya Incident in January, 1868.
油小路事件において大石鍬次郎他2名と共に伊東殺害に関わったとされる（『史談会速記録』阿部十郎談話）が、12月の天満屋事件により戦死と伝わる。