After terminating the term of the service, she received the offer of the owner of "Wachigaiya," a yakata and ochaya (teahouse where maiko or geisha perform their accomplishments) in Shimabara District, who proposed the post of Tayu, saying, 'one of our Tayu left out our house, wouldn't you like to be Tayu?' and in this way she became Tayu at the age of 23 and announced herself as "Tsukasa Tayu."
年季が明けた後、嶋原の屋形でお茶屋である『輪違屋』の当主に「太夫の一人が辞めてしまう、太夫になってみないか」と声をかけられ、23歳で太夫となり、『司太夫』と名乗る。