There has been a record of his visit to the training hall of Rennosuke HAGIWARA, the master of the Jikishinkage-ryu school of swordsmanship, located in modern day Totsuka Ward, Yokohama City.
安政6年（1859年）に横浜市戸塚区の直心陰流萩原連之助の道場を訪ねた記録が残っている。