His main patrons were family heads of Sekkan-ke (the families which produced the Regent and the Chief Adviser to the Emperor) including Tadahiro KONOE, Masamichi TAKATSUKASA and Tadaka ICHIJO, and he also maintained interchanges with Takemichi KOGA, Naofusa MADENOKOJI, Toshikatsu BOJO, Akiteru KAJUJI, Mototoyo HIROHATA, Arikoto CHIGUSA, and, above all, closely with Yasuchika HORIKAWA.
近衛忠熙、鷹司政通、一条忠香ら摂関家の当主が主なパトロンであり、他久我建通、万里小路正房、坊城俊克、勧修寺顕彰、広幡基豊、千種有功らとも交流があり、特に堀河康親とは親しく交流していた。