In 1790, he was deprived of his post as inspector of Dutch interpreters and sentenced to a five-year house confinement as he had been involved in the mistranslation regarding a camphor export.
寛政2年（1790年）、樟脳の輸出に関わる誤訳事件に連座し、蘭語通詞目付の役職を召し上げられ、5年間の蟄居処分を申し渡された。