On December 14, he visited Hikogoro SATO of Hino City along with Ichiro MINAMI and Takeo ISHIKAWA and discussed the dismissing the name of KONDO and HIJIKATA.
11月12日、南一郎・石川武雄と共に日野市の佐藤彦五郎を訪れ、近藤・土方の名跡取立てを相談。