During this time, he devoted himself to the restoration of the Asano clan by sending Mototoki HARA to Osaka to meet up with chief retainer of the Asano family in Hiroshima Domain, and Hosaemon TOJIMA and the head priest of Enrin-ji Temple Yukai to Edo to meet the highest ranking priest Ryuko who had a strong influence on Shogun Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA and his biological mother Keishoin.
この間も御家再興運動を積極的に行っており、原元辰らを大坂へ派遣して広島藩浅野家の家老、戸島保左衛門と会見させたり、遠林寺の住職祐海を江戸に遣わして将軍徳川綱吉やその生母桂昌院に影響力が大きい隆光大僧正らに会見させるなどした。