However, he declined, saying that he would not write the Hanshichi series any more, and instead he wrote a series of other old stories called 'Miura Rojin Mukashibanashi' (Stories by Old Mr. Miura).
しかし、半七はもう書くことが無いと断り、それ以外の昔話ということで「三浦老人昔話」を連載。