Hoichi also showed his talent since he was young, for haikai (seventeen-syllable verse), kyoka, ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints) and so on, and at the age of 30 published his verse collection 'Keikyokankuso.'
抱一も若い頃から俳諧や狂歌、浮世絵等に才能を発揮し、30歳の時句集「軽挙館句藻」を刊行する。