After returning to Edo, he joined the Shinchogumi (Tokugawa Shogunate guard organization), but left it on October 24, 1863 because all the members were appointed as Kobushinkata Igamono (generic name of local samurai in Iga Province) Jiseki (associate Igamono Kobushinkata).
江戸に戻った後、新徴組に入隊したが、同年9月12日に総員小普請方伊賀者次席に召抱えられたため脱退。