According to his renga theory, waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) and renga training, and Buddhism training were ultimately the same thing, and this theory was emphasized in his important work called "Sasamegoto" (Murmurings) as well as other works such as "Oinokurigoto" (Old man's prattle), and "Hitorigoto" (Solitary ramblings) (1468), and also influenced next-generation renga poets such as Sogi and Kensai INAWASHIRO and a master of tea ceremony Juko MURATA who practiced wabicha (literally, "poverty tea style"; known as the tea ceremony).
和歌及び連歌の修行を仏道の修行と究極的に同一視する連歌論は、主著である『ささめごと』のほか『老のくり言』『ひとり言』(1468年)などに強調され、次代の宗祇、猪苗代兼載、侘び茶の村田珠光ら茶人にも影響を与える。