After that, he stayed in Ikeda City, Osaka Prefecture at one time and then went back to Kyoto to be a pupil of Okyo MARUYAMA, but Okyo refused the request and treat him as his best friend.
その後一時、現在の大阪府池田市に滞在するものの、京都へ戻り円山応挙の門をたたくが、応挙は固辞して受けず、親友として待遇した。