He became a guest freeloader of Higonojo-Fumihiro IWATA, who was the jii (a doctor for the Emperor and the Imperial family) for the Nakayama family, a family of high court noble, and later he took his daughter Sue to wife and opened a dojo (training hall for martial arts) in Horie-cho, Osakaminami.
公卿中山家の侍医・岩田肥後之丞文碩の食客となり、その娘スエを娶り、大坂南堀江町にて道場を開く。