However, he gave a poor account of himself that a criminal Tokujiro Kumashiro, for whom Katsuyuki had responsibility given by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), escaped in July 1849.
ところが嘉永2年（1849年）7月、江戸幕府より預かっていた罪人の神代徳次郎に脱走されるという醜態を犯した。