His expulsion was resolved in 1898 and in September the following year, he set up a private school, Kokodo, in Hongo-Morikawa, Tokyo, which produced many Shinshu and Buddhist scholars such as Kanae TADA, Gessho SASAKI, and Haya AKEGARASU.
1898年、宗門よりの除名を解かれ、1899年9月に東京本郷森川に私塾浩々洞を開き、多田鼎、佐々木月樵、暁烏敏ら多くの真宗学者、仏教学者を輩出する。