Shikanosuke opened the package thinking that Toshizo might have sent presents from Kyoto, but the package was filled with love letters from geishas and apprentice geishas who were in love with Toshizo. The following tanka poem is said to have accompanied the letter [from Toshizo]:
京土産でも送って来たかと開けてみると、彼を慕う芸者・舞妓からの恋文がびっしり詰められており、以下の和歌が手紙に添えられていたという。