After he was released from the new government, he returned to Kyoto and started various businesses including a lemonade shop, a variety shop, a kenjutsu dojo, however, it is said that he lived in poverty because his businesses gained little popularity.
新政府から釈放された後は京都に戻り、レモネード屋や雑貨屋、剣術道場などを開いたが、あまり流行らず困窮したという。