 He was also impressed with the Japanese pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1878), all of which aroused in him a strong interest to move to Japan.In order to pay for the trip, he became an illustrator for newspapers, "La Vie Moderne" and "The World Parisien" and sold illustrations for Émile Zola's novel "Nana".Bigot arrived in Yokohama in 1882.