Soon he got to be known by a radical Kuge (Court noble) Sanetomi SANJO, and he was ordered to attend at Choshi Gakushuin (school for the candidates of high officials selected by the Court), but as a result of Coup of August 18 (in old lunar calendar, and September 30 in new calendar) of the same year, Choshu Domain, SANJO, and their comrades lost their positions and expelled from Kyoto.
やがて過激派公家三条実美の知己を得、徴士学習院出仕を命ぜられたが、同年の八月十八日の政変により、長州藩と三条らは失脚し京から追放される。