After having wandered in Kyushu, Ryoma went to Edo and stayed at the Chiba dojo; "Ishin Tosa Kinnoshi (History of Support of the Emperor in Tosa during the Restoration)" reads "Ryoma traveled to Edo as free as the wind, and settled down in the place of Jutaro CHIBA, an old friend of his, located at Okecho outside Kajibashi."
龍馬は九州などを放浪した後、江戸へ入り千葉道場に身を寄せる『維新土佐勤王史』「坂本は飄然として江戸に下り、彼の旧識なる鍛冶橋外桶町の千葉重太郎方に草蛙を解きぬ」。