He is known for his active copying densho (books on esoterica), utai-bon (singing texts) and kata tsuke (choreography) in odor to restore the influence of his school of Noh which had a little declined after the death of his last predecessor Nagatoshi.
先代元広・長俊の没後、やや退転していた流儀の勢いを旧日に服すべく、伝書・謡本・型付の書写を旺盛に行ったことでも知られる。