Unlike Tadataka INO, there is no evidence that he conducted a survey; however, he took an objective point of view by traveling mainly around the Kinai region (the five provinces surrounding the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto), gathering information from villagers and drawing on geographical descriptions of earlier scholars.
伊能忠敬のように測量した形跡はないが、畿内周辺を中心に歩きまわり、村人に聞いたり先学の地誌を参考にするなど客観的な描写態度をとっている。