In his 20s, he wrote 30 texts including "Hanabusasoshi," "Shigeshigeyawa," and "Hitsujigusa" under the influence of Chinese novels popular in those days.
当時流行の白話小説の影響を受け、20歳代に、『英草紙』、『繁野話』、『莠句冊』を含む、30編の原稿を書いた。