Resisting brother-in-law Kumaji's support of the Shogitai (former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government) following the collapse of the shogunate and beginning of the Meiji Restoration, the Takguchi family escaped to Yokohama and started a business.
明治維新による幕府瓦解において義兄の熊二は彰義隊を支援するなど抵抗し、田口家は横浜へ逃れ商売を行う。