1863: He was given a gold-sided watch with shu-zu (eagle head, which might be a writing error) or ryu-zu (dragon head, that is a crown) for winding up in person by Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA who was then visiting Hyogo (Yoshinobu came to soothe Shozo, because Shozo rejected the request for a loan by Kishu Domain saying 'Kitakaze is a cargo-vessel trader, not a moneylender.')
1863年兵庫来訪中の徳川慶喜から直々に鷲（竜？）頭巻金側時計を賜る（紀州藩の借金申出を「北風は、廻船業で、金貸屋ではない」と断った事で、正造をなだめに来た）。