Even after returning home, he harbored Sonno, anti-shogunate, pro-Imperialist samurai in his residence, and his attitude to contribute to the restoration did not change until the last minute of his life.
それでもなお、尊皇倒幕、勤皇派武士を屋敷に匿うなど、最後まで維新に助力する姿勢に変わりは無かった。