During his lifetime, Hakyo socialized with many painters such as Okyo MARUYAMA, Ganku, and Goshun MATSUMURA etc. from Maruyama-Shijo School, and literary men, Chazan KAN, and Rikunyo etc. who were composers of Chinese poems.
画人では円山・四条派の円山応挙、岸駒、松村呉春等と、文人では漢詩人菅茶山や六如等と生涯を通じ交流があった。