Thus, he passionately continued his critical enlightenment activities, starting with translations of foreign literature ("Sokkyo Shijin" (Improvising Poet) and "Faust" are well-known).
このように、外国文学などの翻訳を手始めに（『即興詩人』『ファウスト』などが有名）、熱心に評論的啓蒙活動をつづけた。