Although Iwao was satisfied with this new house, Sutematsu, his wife, worried about their children's future from own experience, thinking that 'a life based on the excessive Western-style may prevent them from being used to Japan's customs' and therefore, she arranged children's rooms in Japanese-style.
巌はこの新居に満足していたが、妻・捨松は「あまりにも洋式生活になれると日本の風俗になじめないのでは」と、自分の経験から子供の将来を心配し、子供部屋は和室にしつらえていた。