He later entered into the Shogunate Army to work under the direction of Saemon KASUGA, and after the Shogitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government who fought in the Battle of Ueno) was fallen apart to pieces, he fought in one place after another toward the Iwaki Province with other former Tokugawa retainers.
のちに陸軍隊春日左衛門の支配下に入り、彰義隊瓦解後、旧幕臣らとともに磐城方面を転戦する。