After retiring, he was enjoying Chanoyu (tea ceremonies) and Haikai (writing seventeen-syllable verses), however he died at an early age which has been said that because he had been wasted by the mental stress from the difference of opinions in Sumo Kaisho (meeting place) and his family problems.
晩年は茶の湯や俳諧に親しんだが、早世したのは相撲会所での意見の相違や家庭問題での心労が祟ったから、といわれている。