Frequently changing jobs which included being a shosei (a student who is given room and board in exchange for performing domestic duties) of Yukichi FUKUZAWA, Kawakami became a political activist of the anti-government Liberal Party (Japan) which was suppressed by the government.
福澤諭吉の書生など職を転々としながら、反政府の自由党_(日本)の壮士となり、政府から弾圧される。