In 1855, he received a message from his family that they wanted him to return to Nakatsu because they came in discord with Iki OKUDAIRA, who introduced the Yamamoto family to Yukichi, and the Okuraida family, the home of the parents of Iki (the family with the status of producing the chief retainer of the Nakatsu domain.)
安政2年（1855年）、その山本家を紹介した奥平壱岐や、その実家である奥平家（中津藩家老の家柄）と不和になり、中津へ戻るようにとの知らせが届く。