In 1854 Tamaki made a round of inspection of Ezochi (roughly corresponding to present-day Hokkaido island), Sakhalin, and the Russian Empire, accompanying Norimasa MURAGAKI: a government official in the Edo bakufu (the last feudal government headed by a shogun).
安政元年（1854年）には江戸幕府の役人村垣範正に従い、蝦夷地および樺太・ロシア帝国巡視を行う。