In 1917, on suspicion of tuberculosis, he moved for a change of air to a rental villa in Kugenuma, Fujisawa-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture where his friend, Saneatsu MUSHANOKOJI, lived (it is said that tuberculosis was a mistaken diagnosis).
大正6年（1917年）、結核を疑われ、友人武者小路実篤の住んでいた神奈川県藤沢町鵠沼の貸別荘に転地療養の目的で居住（結核は誤診だといわれる）。