When he was told that his ancestor was an admirable samurai (Uzisato GAMO) by his grandmother, 'his young heart beat and he could not sleep at night with deep emotion, but the fact was that he was just a son of a townsman and there was no way to change it, so he decided to study hard to establish himself so that he could make himself deserving to have a great ancestor.'
祖母から祖先が立派な武士（蒲生氏郷公）だと聞かされた時「幼い胸は高鳴り感激で夜も眠れないほどだった、しかし今は町人の子でどうにもならない、学問で身を立て立派な祖先に恥じない人になる決意をした」。