Although he wished to go to Edo in 1830, he could not accomplish his will, then he started practicing in Osaka instead; when he temporarily returned to his hometown in 1832, he was taken into the service of the lord of the Iwakuni Domain, Tsunehiro KIKKAWA as jii (attendant doctor).
文政13年（1830年）、江戸に出ようとしたが果たせず大坂で開業し、天保3年（1832年）一旦帰郷し、岩国藩当主・吉川経礼に召されて侍医となった。