Although Shoseki gave him lessons in the letters, he developed even stronger desire to go to Qing, and therefore he went to Gifu Prefecture to sell his engravings to dilettantes in order to raise enough money to go to Qing.
以降手紙による添削指導を受けるが、ますます清国への思いが募り、渡航費用を捻出する為に岐阜県に赴き、好事家の求めに応じて印を売っている。