In addition, he was well versed in gagaku (ancient Japanese court dance and music), tensho (a seal-engraving style of writing Chinese characters), sosho (a very cursive style of writing Chinese characters), and kinsekibun (words written on metal or stones), and he was good friends with Tenju KAN and Akinari UEDA.
そのほか、雅楽・篆書・草書・金石文などに精通し、韓天寿や上田秋成とも親交を有した