In 1862 Tamaki and Genzui KUSAKA who were both from the same domain, plus Shintaro NAKAOKA from the Tosa Domain, along with others, visited a scholar, Shozan SAKUMA, who had confined himself in the Matsushiro Domain.
文久2年（1862年）には同藩の久坂玄瑞、土佐藩の中岡慎太郎らとともに松代藩で謹慎中の学者佐久間象山を訪問。