He asked Shojiro GOTO to act as intermediary for the reconciliation with Hoensha recommended by Kaoru INOUE and Gyokukin KIN and others, then on December 21, Shuei started 10 matches with Shuho MURASE, in Shuei's sen.
井上馨、金玉均らの勧めで後藤象二郎に方円社と仲介を依頼、12月21日、村瀬秀甫と秀栄先での十番碁を開始。