With the support of Masanao MAKIMURA, Governor of Kyoto Prefecture, and Kakuma YAMAMOTO, advisor to the prefectural government, Joe secured official permission for his school and opened Doshisha Eigakko, becoming its first president.
京都府知事・槇村正直、府顧問・山本覚馬の賛同を得て官許同志社英学校を開校し初代社長に就任する。