At his hometown, Murata built the Shigakko (school mainly for warriors) with Toshiaki KIRINO and Kunimoto SHINOHARA and became a director of Hotai (army troop) school and Shoten school (school for children).
帰郷した村田は桐野利秋・篠原国幹らと私学校を創立して、砲隊学校・章典学校の監督となった。