In addition, because he was not able to leave his official duties in Edo, he would dispatch his apprentices to Kyoto and Nara to copy works, and had received permission from the jisha-bugyo (magistrate of temples and shrines) enabling him to continually borrow treasured works from temples and shrines so he could make copies.
さらに、公務でに江戸を離れられない自分の代わりに、京都・奈良に弟子を派遣して写させ、ついにはどこの寺からでも宝物を取り寄せられるように、寺社奉行から許可まで取り付けた。