He rather took the realism of Okyo in his own style and developed it uniquely on the basis of literati painting (Nanga) learned from Buson and built up the Shijo school.
蕪村から学んだ文人画（南画）を基礎とし、応挙の写生画風を取り入れ、独自の形で発展させ、四条派を作り上げる。