He had a pleasant personality and liked Japanese people, and Japanese people also liked him and called him 'Uruganbateren,' and while he lived in Kyoto for 30 years, he became an acquaintance of powerful individuals such as Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI and became a witness to the violent and stormy Sengoku period.
人柄が良く、日本人が好きだった彼は「うるがんばてれん」と多くの日本人から慕われ、30年を京都で過ごす中で織田信長や豊臣秀吉などの時の権力者とも知己となり、激動の戦国時代の目撃者となった。