A few days before he died, he gave "Gorin no sho" and "Dokkodo" (The Way of Walking Alone) which is also called "Jisei-sho" (the document of the oath) to one of his disciples Magonojo TERAO.
また、亡くなる数日前には「自誓書」とも称される『獨行道』とともに『五輪書』を兵法の弟子寺尾孫之允に与えている。