At the age of around 30, he started painting Sashie (illustrations) for Ninjobon (a romantic genre of fiction) and Yomihon (reader) and took on Sashie for "Nanso Satomi Hakkenden" (the story of eight dog samurai and a princess of Satomi family in Nanso region) by Bakin KYOKUTEI.
30歳ごろからは人情本や読本の挿絵も手掛け、曲亭馬琴の『南総里見八犬伝』の挿絵も請け負っている。