Incidentally, he was on good terms with Konan NAITO, who also came from the Morioka Domain, while Kurakichi SHIRATORI was one of his students when he worked as a teacher at junior high schools.
また、同じ盛岡藩出身の内藤虎次郎とは親しく、白鳥庫吉は中学教師時代の教え子である。