By this time he had finished compiling "Dai Nihon Yashi," and a fair copy of all 291 volumes had been complete; on June 28, 1851 he organized a banquet titled 'Yashi Kyoen' (Banquet on Completion of Yashi), which would today be something like a publication party, and to which he and Shigefumi TOYOSHIMA invited their friends; everyone who attended the party selected a character from "Dai Nihon Yashi" and read waka (modern Japanese poetry) and kanshi (Chinese-style poem) about the characters.
この頃までに『大日本野史』の編纂を終え、嘉永4年に全291巻の清書が完成、同年5月29日(旧暦)（1851年6月28日）、豊島茂文とともに親交のあった人々を招待して「野史竟宴」と題した宴の席、今日で言うところの出版記念パーティーのようなものを催し、出席者はおのおの『大日本野史』の登場人物を選び、その人物を題材にした和歌や漢詩を詠んだ。