Even when he was heading to Sanyo-do Roadhe to follow Gempo MITSUKURI for the negotiation with Evfimii Vasil'evich Putyatin from Russia, he returned Ozu to meet his mother.
ロシアのプーチャーチンとの交渉に箕作阮甫に従って山陽道を上るときも、母親に会いに大洲へ帰っている。