He was always reading, he liked buying and talking about books, and he was happy to make the acquaintance of other readers. When students or friends of his traveled to Japan he used to ask them to bring back works on Japanese calligraphy, or books and magazines from mainland China.
他不僅勤於讀書，也喜歡買書，談書，樂於結交讀書人，也經常託學生、朋友到東京買些日文的書道書籍，或是大陸編印的新資料。