After this he became an apprentice of a Rakugo (comic) story teller Bunnosuke KATSURA (later Shinzaemon SORORI II) and called himself Marumaru UKIYOTEI.
こののち、落語家の桂文之助（後の二代目曽呂利新左衛門）に入門、浮世亭◯◯（うきよていまるまる）と名乗る。