He became famous as the founder of the Satsunan School as he was committed to the propagation of Sogaku (Neo-Confucianism) by publishing "Daigaku shoku" with Shigesada IJICHI in 1481.
また、伊地知重貞と『大学章句』を刊行（1481年）して宋学の普及に努めたことから、薩南学派の祖として名を成した。