When Harunaga MAEDA, who was the lord of the Kaga domain and Chosyuku was under the patronage of, fell ill in July 1824, Chosyuku running to Harunaga to repay a big obligation also fell ill on the way due to the strain of his trip and unfortunately Harunaga had been dead at Chosyuku's arrival in Kaga.
文政7年（1824年）7月、庇護を受けていた加賀藩主前田治脩が病に伏し、大恩に報いるは今と急行軍で駆けつけるも、旅の無理がたたり長淑自身も旅路の途上で倒れ加賀に辿り着いた時には藩主治脩は亡くなっていた。