When Takehachiro KAZURAYAMA committed hara-kiri in October, 1864, Ryozo and Sanjuro TANI visited Koen-ji Temple as Tanomikoshibito (who were in charge of requesting burial of the deceased after hara-kiri and/or carrying the body of the deceased after hara-kiri) for Takehachiro.
同年9月(1864年10月）の葛山武八郎の切腹に際しては、谷三十郎と共に、頼越人となって光縁寺を訪れている。