After that, he was adopted by Shigekata FUJIMOTO, a feudal retainer of the domain, and served as the clerk in charge of agricultural affairs and the assistant manager, but in 1840, he left the domain and went to Kyoto.
後に藩士藤本重賢の養子となり、農事掛り、手代を務めていたが、天保11年（1840年）に脱藩して京都へ出る。