Fukiage learned kana and math during the two months he spent in jail.

He was arrested again for theft soon after his release, but learned classical Chinese while in jail the second time.

In jail, he studied the works of Confucius, Mencius, Socrates, Aristotle and Nichiren.

[2] He was released in 1922 and found employment, but he was fired due to his criminal past.

The Supreme Court of Japan upheld his death sentence on July 2, 1926.

The media reported that he went to die nobly, unlike many prisoners.