In 1922, he also failed the exams for Mie Teacher's School (currently Mie University Faculty of Education) and went to work at Miyamae Standard Elementary School, a small school located in a mountainous region in current day Iitaka-cho, Matsusaka City, as a substitute teacher for a year.
1922年（大正11年）、三重師範学校（現三重大学教育学部）受験も失敗し、現在の松阪市飯高町にある山村の宮前尋常小学校に1年間の代用教員として赴任。