After he was granted a pardon, he visited Hikogoro SATO who lived in Hino taking a collection of tanka (poems) paying a tribute to the memory of Toshizo HIJIKATA and a diary in his own handwriting with him.
赦免された立川は、土方歳三への追悼歌集や自筆の日記を携えて日野の佐藤彦五郎を訪ねた。