He also inscribed the phrase 'I have lived too long to be twenty five - Ichibei' on the part of the sword which is buried in the hilt to show his fearless of death.
彼はまた、刀のなかごに「廿五まで　生き過ぎたりや　一兵衛」と死を恐れぬ心意気を刻んでいた。