 On his release in 1934, he attended a lecture by the doyen of folklore studies, Yanagita Kunio, where he became acquainted with Oka Masao, who had just returned from completing a degree in ethnology at Vienna University.Through Oka's offices he was introduced to, and married, a granddaughter of Yanagita's older brother.Vexations were not wholly relieved by this advantageous connection.