After recovering from grief because of his wife's death and poverty, by everyone's advice, Atsutane remarried Riyo (her real name was Orise), an adopted daughter of Atsutoshi YAMAZAKI, who was a student of his school and very rich.
悲しみ覚めやらむ妻への思慕と日々の生活苦に喘ぎ苦悶した篤胤ではあったが、やがて一陽来復し、周囲の忠告を受け容れて門人の富豪・山崎篤利の養女りよ(お里勢)と再婚し後妻として迎える。