In 1880, he came out to Kyoto again, and entered the school for teachers at the Higashi Hongan-ji seminary, after two years, he took charge of lectures in Shinshu sect Daigaku-ryo (Bureau of Education under the ritsuryo system) and acquired an academic rank within the temple.
1880年、再び京都に出て東本願寺の教師教校に入学、2年後には同寺の学階を得て真宗大学寮で講義を担当するに至った。