With respect to music, he was good at playing a flute and a koto (zither-like Japanese musical instrument) and, reportedly, he himself told 'I am not afraid of my death, but it is a problem that I cannot play a flute.'
音楽においては、笛や筝などに秀でており、当人も「死ぬのは怖くないが、笛が吹けなくなるのが困る」と語ったと伝えられる。