It was quite coincident that Tomoari was rediscovered, which was started by Sakari SHISHIDO, a booklover of Tokyo who happened to acquire the draft of "Suizokushi" at a second-hand bookstore.
伴存が再発見されたのは全くの偶然で、1877年（明治10年）、東京の愛書家・宍戸昌が古書店で『水族志』稿を入手したことに始まる。