In 1758 when Shikibu TAKENOUCHI was arrested in the Horeki Incident, he left Kyoto and went to Edo (present Tokyo), where he called himself Umon and lodged with Daini YAMAGATA.
1758年（宝暦8年）の宝暦事件で竹内式部が捕らえられると京都を逃れ、江戸へ出て右門と名乗り山県大弐の家に身を寄せた。