On February 27, 1860, Tadahiko finished his term of punishment and became free; next month he retired and became a priest and began living in retirement at Jorenge-in Temple in Fukakusa Town, Kii County (present-day Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City).
安政7年2月6日(旧暦)（1860年2月27日）、刑期が満了した忠彦は青天白日の身となったが、翌月には隠居の上出家し、紀伊郡深草村（現在の京都市伏見区）の浄蓮華院にて隠遁生活を送り始めた。