He excelled at Haikai (humorous renga poetry) and mixed with Kikaku TAKARAI, a haiku poet, on the basis of which the side story of 'Matsura no Taiko' (The drum in Matsura) was produced.
俳諧をよくして俳人宝井其角と交流があり、これをもととして「松浦の太鼓」の外伝が作られた。