Bosha became a second-type member of Saneatsu MUSHANOKOJI's "New Village", which introduced the thought of the "Shirakabaha" (White Birch Group) to him, and he would gradually become influenced by Western thought.
（武者小路実篤の「新しき村」の第二種会員になり、白樺派の思想に触れた茅舎は次第に西洋思想に感化されていく。