Therefore, he himself wore a Japanese topknot and Japanese clothes, living at the dormitory of Kakuchi Gakusha with sons who came from land-owning classes in the neighboring villages, so he was called 'Chonmage Sensei' (a teacher with his hair topknot).
それゆえ格知寮で近郷地主層の子弟と起居をともにしながら、自ら丁髷を結い和服を着た生活を送ったため、「チョンマゲ先生」と呼ばれた。