In 1855, he was posted to Nagasaki, and became a disciple of Moroto SAKATA, the head of Yusoku-kojitsu (knowledge of court rules, ceremony, decorum and records of the past), thus causing him to intensify his Shoko shugi, and after returning to Fukuoka, he went out with his friends in strange attire, wearing eboshi (formal headwear for court nobles) and hitatare (a kind of ancient court dress).
安政2年（1855年）に長崎勤務となり、ここで有職故実家坂田諸遠の門人となり、その影響で国臣の尚古主義はさらに激しいものとなり、福岡に戻ると仲間とともに烏帽子、直垂の異風な姿で出歩くようになった。