In an essay titled 'Historical Science and Historians in Modern Japan,' which was carried in "Taiyo" magazine in 1909, he said he was looking forward to seeing the new tendency that viewed history from the standpoint of economy and said: "Such a research method can take a fresh look at the past, and I assume that historical science in the future could open a new era with the help of this tendency."
明治42年（1909年）『太陽』に掲載された「日本現代の史学及び史家」のなかで、歴史を経済の観点から見る新しい傾向に期待を寄せ、「此の如き研究方法は即ち新しき目を以て過去を読むものにして、将来の史学はおそらくは此の傾向に依りて新時期を作るに至らんか」と言っている。