He also translated many Russian literature works into Japanese, and his translations of Ivan Turgenev's 'Aibiki' (The Rendezvous) and 'Megurial' (Chance Meetings) are especially famous.
また、ロシア文学の翻訳もよくし、イワン・ツルゲーネフの「あひゞき」「めぐりあひ」は特に有名。