When he visited his mother's grave in his hometown Iga Ueno, he wrote a poem, "Te ni toraba kien namida zo atsuki aki no shimo," (should I take it in my hand it would melt in these hot tears: autumn frost).
故郷伊賀上野で墓参をし「手にとらば消えんなみだぞあつき秋の霜」の一句をのこした。