At the end of the sixteenth century, people praised the Minase family for its calligraphy and 'shogi pieces inscribed with Master Minase's calligraphy are considered a treasure,' and the four generations of the Minase family which were famous for calligraphy wrote the letters for shogi pieces.
16世紀末に「駒の銘は水無瀬公の筆をもって宝とす」と賞賛され、書家として知られた水無瀬家4代の間、駒銘を書いた。