When his nephew (Hikogoro SATO's 3rd son, Tamekichi) fell down in the garden and cut his forehead, it is said that Taizo immediately rushed towards Tamekichi, laughed and caressed the boy saying, "the boy is wounded when he was confronting the world, so joyful, so joyful."
甥（佐藤彦五郎の3男・為吉）が庭先で転んで額を切った時にはすぐさま駆け付けて「男の子の向かい傷だ。めでたいめでたい」と笑ってあやしたという。