Also, he taught Western-style painting to Shiki MASAOKA, and Asai is said to be the model of Master Fukami, a painter who appeared in "Sanshiro," a novel by Soseki NATSUME.
また、正岡子規にも西洋画を教えており、夏目漱石の小説「三四郎」の中に登場する深見画伯のモデルとも言われる。