Probably due to such situation, he allegedly worked so hard and did any household tasks since he became an uchideshi (disciple boarding in the home of his master), waking up earlier than anybody else and staying up late at night to study Go.
そのためか内弟子になってからは家事万端よく働き、朝は一番に起きて夜は遅くまで碁の勉強に励んだという。