At the suggestion of Yoshitada HIRAYAMA, Zusho no kami (Director of the Bureau of Drawings and Books) of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he attempted to develop Utsuryo Island (Ullung Island) at the end of the Edo period in 1867; however, he gave it up due to the Meiji restoration.
幕末期の慶応3年（1867年）、江戸幕府図書頭の平山敬忠の示唆で、鬱陵島（ウルルン島）の開拓を志したが、明治維新を迎えたため、断念したという。