During the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, he served as purveyors to the Satsuma Domain, but he went bankrupt because the Satsuma Domain bilked Shohei for his accounts receivable.
1868年の鳥羽伏見の戦いで薩摩藩御用をつとめたが、売掛金を踏み倒されて倒産。