Later, he was quoted as saying: "I read it as I was going over the Mt. Asuwa in Fukui Domain of Echizen Province, and I was so absorbed in reading that I never took notice of the mountain views."
かれは「これを越前福井の足羽山上に読み、山に上り山を下るの間遂に山光水色の何たるを知るに及ばなかつた」という。