Along with Denjibei FUNATSU in Gunma Prefecture and Senji NARA in Kagawa Prefecture, he is known as one of the "three best exemplary farmers of Meiji Period," who developed and established the agricultural methods in Japan.
群馬県の船津伝次平、香川県の奈良専二と並び、「明治の三老農」の一人として明治農法の確立に努めた。