In the meantime, he became interested in history, and visited notable scholars of Japanese classical literature, such as Kiyonori KONAKAMURA, Hiroshi KURITA, Toyokai MOTOORI, etc. to ask for their teaching.
その間に歴史に関心を抱き、小中村清矩・栗田寛・本居豊穎ら当時の名だたる国学者の門を叩いて教えを受けた。