1866: he became a substitute teacher at the owari domain ' s medical school at the age of 19 . 1866年：19歳のとき、尾張藩医学代講となる。
in 1883 , when times were chaotic , he held a position as a substitute teacher in the village elementary school at age of 13 , but resigned and returned to farming after about two years when a formal elementary school teacher was assigned . 1883年、時代の混乱期に13歳にして集落の小学校の代用教員として奉職するも、正式な小学校教員が赴任してきた為、2年あまりで辞め農業に戻る。
in 1922 , he also failed the exams for mie teacher ' s school (currently mie university faculty of education ) and went to work at miyamae standard elementary school , a small school located in a mountainous region in current day iitaka-cho , matsusaka city , as a substitute teacher for a year . 1922年（大正11年）、三重師範学校（現三重大学教育学部）受験も失敗し、現在の松阪市飯高町にある山村の宮前尋常小学校に1年間の代用教員として赴任。
