When he was around 32 years of age, Tosai went to Edo where he spent a dozen years living at various locations including Azabu but, subsequently at about 46 years of age, he lived with a Chinese interpreter Kuhei FUKAMI in Osaka.
32歳頃に江戸に出て麻布などに住んで十数年を過ごした後、46歳頃に大坂の中国通詞深見久兵衛方に身を寄せる。