In September 1904, she wrote the poem "Kimi Shinitamou koto nakare" (Thou Shalt Not Die) in Myojo on lamenting her younger brother who was recruited half a year ago and sent to the Siege of Port Arthur.
明治37年（1904年）9月、半年前に召集され旅順攻囲戦に加わっていた弟を嘆いて『君死にたまふことなかれ』を『明星』に発表。