In 1870, when he was working for Bussan-kyoku (Domestic Products Research Center) of Daigaku Nanko (predecessor of the University of Tokyo) as Senior Secretary of Universities, he met Yoshio TANAKA again (who had participated in the Paris Universal Exposition as an envoy of the shogunate).
1870年、大学大丞として大学南校物産局勤務の時、田中芳男（幕府使節としてパリ万博参加）と再会。