He decided to hide from the public under the Meiji government, and moved into an abandoned temple located deep in the mountain of Higashi Yatsushiro District with two cows and one cat.
明治政府下の世からは姿を隠す決意をし、さらに山奥の東八代郡の廃寺へ妻と牛2頭・猫1匹を連れて移る。