Mitsuru then asked Seppo to see Saigo's cherished books, and Seppo showed him "Senshin Dosatsu-ki" and said "Saigo always had this book by his side and read during he was shutting himself up at the southern island."
満乃ち雪蓬に就て、西郷遺愛の文藉を見んことを求めしに、雪蓬『洗心洞剳記』を出し、満に謂て曰く『是れ、西郷が南島謫居中愛読して措かざりし書なり』と。