That same year, he held a solo exhibit at the Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramic Art called "Memory in the Wind-Poetry 14." Among the pieces, one called Memory in the Wind IV was purchased by the Tajimi City Government and one called Song VII was purchased by the museum. While there, he also met and married a local woman-the greatest "prize" of all.
同年在崎阜縣當代陶瓷美術館推出《飄蕩的記憶詩歌 14 首》創作個展，其中《詩歌 Ⅳ》獲多治見市政府典藏，日本崎阜當代陶瓷美術館則典藏了《詩歌 Ⅶ》。