Shimazu Nariakira
At the recommendation of Arimura Shunsai, he became a tea-serving Buddhist monk for the "daimyō" of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. After he returned to secular life, he became one of a group of devoted followers of Arimura. As a Satsuma "samurai", he participated in the Anglo-Satsuma War. He later joined the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.