However, he seemingly had been physically weak (it is said that he was suffering from cardiopathy), and he was put in charge of corp recruitment in Kyoto and Osaka in May, 1865.
しかし、元々病弱（心臓病を患っていたと言われる）だったらしく、慶応元年（1865年）4月には、京坂における隊士募集に回っている。