Because of this connection, Ichiyo's marriage to Soseki's oldest brother Daisuke (Taichi) was proposed; however, as Noriyoshi often asked Naokatsu for loans and Naokatsu did not think much of this, he refused the proposal, saying, "He has asked me for loans so often, simply because we are a superior and a subordinate, that I cannot know what he will ask if we become relatives."
その縁で一葉と漱石の長兄・大助（大一）を結婚させる話が持ち上がったが、則義が度々直克に借金を申し込むことがあり、これをよく思わなかった直克が「上司と部下というだけで、これだけ何度も借金を申し込んでくるのに、親戚になったら何を要求されるかわかったものじゃない。」と言って、破談にしたという。