Ennosai, who had moved his residence to Tokyo to live for six years up until 1896 in quest of collaborators, returned to Kyoto and exerted himself for the popularization of Urasenke's tea ceremony through the publication of instructional books and journals of "Konnichi-an Geppo (literally, monthly journal of Konnichi-an.)
円能斎は明治29年まで6年にわたって東京に居を移して協力者を求め、京都に戻ってからも教本の出版や機関誌「今日庵月報」などの発行を通して一般への茶道普及に尽力した。