Lamented by ruined Emperors' tombs, he worked with Tadayuki TODA and Yoshiomi TANIMORI to reconnoiter the Emperors' tombs in Yamato and Kawachi Provinces at his own expense.
また、天皇陵の荒廃を嘆いて戸田忠至、谷森善臣らと諮り、自費を以て大和国や河内国の皇陵踏査に従事した。