His circle of friends was limited, but composed of highly-cultured people of the first order; these included Saneatsu MUSHANOKOJI, who had been his friend since Gakushuin days, Moritatsu HOSOKAWA, Muneyoshi YANAGI, and others, as well as Ryuzaburo UMEHARA, Yoshishige ABE, Kazuo HIROTSU, Sotaro YASUI, and Tetsuzo TANIKAWA.
交友関係では、学習院以来の武者小路実篤、細川護立、柳宗悦らの他、梅原龍三郎、安倍能成、広津和郎、安井曽太郎、谷川徹三ら、限定されつつも一流の文化人と交流があった。