Hakuei died in 1864, but Shuei kept his death secret and submitted a request to inherit the family estate in the following 1865, then the family estate was allowed to him in the 3rd dan level at the age of 16 in 1867, and thereby he became the 13th of Hayashi family.
1864年(元治元年)柏栄死去し、その死を伏せたままで翌1865年に家督願いを出し、1867年(慶応3年)に16歳三段で家督を許されて、林家十三世となる。