He visited Gicho-ji Temple in Baba of Otsu, where there is a tomb of Basho, on the occasion of the Buddhist memorial service of the 70th death anniversary of Basho, and as he found the temple in ruin, he resolved to restore it.
芭蕉70回忌法要に大津馬場の義仲寺（芭蕉墓所）を訪れ、その荒廃を嘆き再興を誓った。