In the Ikedaya Incident, as he performed bravely, he was given a financial incentive of 17-ryo (old currency unit) by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) (Kyoto shugo [military governor of Kyoto] Katamori MATSUDAIRA).
池田屋事件の際に果敢に働き、不逞浪士取締り活動の報奨金17両を江戸幕府（京都守護職松平容保）より拝領した。