His brother (Norikazu YUASA) resigned from his post, protecting Aritomo YAMAGATA of the Choshu faction, when the Hyobu-sho (the Ministry of Military Personnel) scandal (the Yamashiroya incident in 1871) occurred.
兄（湯浅則和）が兵部省の汚職事件（1871年（明治4年）、山城屋事件）で長州閥の山県有朋をかばい辞職。