Then, on September 20, 1882, he was completely exonerated when 815 counterfeit two-yen bills (of a run of 2,000), printing papers and a printing machine were seized from Choan KUMASAKA, a doctor and painter who lived in Nakatsu Village, Aiko District, Kanagawa Prefecture.
その後、1882年9月20日、神奈川県愛甲郡中津村の医師兼画家工・熊坂長庵から2円紙幣の贋札（2000枚行使）815枚と用紙及び印刷器具が押収され、冤罪が晴れた。