In addition, he deepened friendship with Shigenobu MINAMI, the shoya (village headman) of Ikegami Village in Wakayama whom he met in the residence of Kazan WATANABE in Edo, and promoted the thought of reverence for the Emperor while staying with the Minami family.
また江戸の渡辺崋山邸で出会った和歌山池上村庄屋の南繁信と友好を深め、南家に滞在しつつ尊王思想の普及に努めた。