The above encounter with Mabuchi was described in his essays 'The History of My Study' and 'The Instructions of My Mentor,' which were compiled in a collection of essays "Tamakatsuma".
この真淵との出会いは、宣長の図随筆集『玉勝間』に収められている「おのが物まなびの有りしより」と「あがたゐのうしの御さとし言」という文章に記されている。