He lost a lot of fellow members in Ansei no Taigoku (suppression of extremists by the Shogunate), and when he was about to be arrested, he fled to Shugakuin Village to take refuge.
安政の大獄では多くの同士を失ない、自らの身にも危険が及んだために難を逃れて修学院村に身を隠した。