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Christopher Li wrote:
Kisshomaru said that he was there one day and gone the next - nobody was sure where he went, and that he (Kisshomaru) always thought that he left because he didn't like the farming lifestyle in Iwama.
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Yes, I don't think Shioda would have made a good farmer and from his text, it seems Ueshiba was happy for him to go. I think this quote from Kisshomaru is odd, however, in that apparently Shioda's family was living on the farm for a couple years after he "left." I would assume the Aiki-En was receiving part of his income through that period.