He also described in the "Toan Essay," which he authored, an episode in which he angered a large number of court nobles who were still pro-Joi (expulsion of the "barbarians"), by being the first person among the court nobles to visit the Imperial Palace wearing western-style clothing.
また公卿の中で初めて洋服で宮中に参内し、未だ多く残る攘夷公卿の怒りを買ったエピソードも自著（『陶庵随筆』）で披瀝している。