When he was eighteen years old (1858), he got married Chiyo, the younger sister of Atsutada, changed his name to Eiichiro and moved to Edo to become a disciple of Gyodon KAIHO in 1861.
18歳の時（1858年）には惇忠の妹千代と結婚、名を栄一郎と改めるが、文久元年（1861年）に江戸に出て海保漁村の門下生となる。