On learning about Hokkai's reputation, there were many lords such as lord OKABE of Kishiwada Domain in Izumi Province who invited him as Hanju (a Confucian scholar who work for a domain), but Hokkai firmly declined them all.
和泉国岸和田藩の岡部候など多くの諸侯が北海の評判を知り、藩儒として招聘するがすべて固辞している。