He took one year starting in 1875 to build a wooden Western-style residence in Sannen-cho, Koji-machi Town (it is said that expenses for architecture were covered by Imperial money and a debt from Atsushi SAISHO, his intimate friend)
明治8年から1年かけて、麹町三年町に木造洋館を建てた（建築費用は恩賜金と盟友税所篤からの借金で賄ったとされる。