However, because of this he was disowned by his father, then he was forced to become a professional jester and he called himself 千九八 in Kyoto and Kanpachi in Horie, Osaka.
しかし、このことにより父から勘当され、やむを得ず幇間となって、京都で千九八、大坂堀江で観八を名乗る。