In August of the same year, the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) opened Nagasaki Kaigun Denshu-sho (Japanese Naval School in Edo) and 48 feudal retainers of the Saga clan including Tsunetami attended as members of the inaugural class.
同年8月に幕府が長崎海軍伝習所を開設し、佐賀藩から常民ら四十八名が第一期生として参加する。