According to Kazan, he was paid one kan (a monetary unit of the Edo period) for 100 paintings drawn, but he had acquired a rapid drawing technique from his side job; it seems apparent that this technique was very helpful when he drew sketches to accompany the travel essays he wrote in later years.
崋山によれば百枚書いて、銭一貫だったというが、このときに絵を速く描く技術を身につけたことは、後年の紀行文中のスケッチなどに大きく役立ったであろうことがうかがえる。