It is known from his relics that even in his eighty-fifth year, he left his home village on a wandering journey and kept on sculpturing statues until 1808, when he was in his ninety-first year.
木喰は故郷に安住することなく、85歳にしてまたも放浪の旅に出、91歳の1808年（文化5年）まで、仏像を彫っていたことが遺品からわかっている。