In 1869 he was to be attached to the Seiikugata (生育方), but it was abolished in October of the same year, and at the recommendation of his bother-in-law Kumaji and his father's house, the Nishiyama family, he was assigned to the Numazu Kinbangumi.
明治2年（1869年）に生育方に付くが同年9月に廃止され、義兄の熊二や父の実家西山家の周旋で沼津勤番組に配属される。