From around 1891, just before the completion of "Shinkei Sanjurokkaisen", his health was being ruined by alcohol so that he suffered a nervous breakdown again, had his eyesight fail, and developed beriberi.
明治24年（1891年）『新形三十六怪撰』の完成間近の頃から体が酒のために蝕まれていき、再度神経を病み目を悪くし、脚気も患う。