On September 16, he came to Kyoto again and tried to raise an army with other men of noble ideals, but the investigations of the Hori (officers who capture criminals) was very strict, so they left Osaka in September 24, and returned to Kagoshima on October 6, via Simonoseki.
9月16日、再び上京して諸志士らと挙兵をはかったが、捕吏の追及が厳しいため、9月24日に大坂を出航し、下関経由で10月6日に鹿児島へ帰った。