In the same year, he became dean of Shinshu University, which was founded in Sugamo, Tokyo by Higashi Hongan-ji Temple (Later, the university was merged with Takakura Daigaku-ryo and moved to Kyoto, and the name changed to Shinshu Otani University; present-day Otani University), but he resigned the following year.
同年、東本願寺が東京巣鴨に開校した真宗大学（後に、高倉大学寮と併合、京都に移されて真宗大谷大学と改称、現、大谷大学）の学監に就任するも、翌年辞任。