He respected Basho MATSUO so deeply that he made a haiku tribute to him at the memorial ceremony of the anniversary of his death, 'Wagamichi no kamitomoogame okina no hi' (Everybody should join their hands in prayer for Basho as a god on the anniversary of his death).
井月は芭蕉忌に際して「我道の神とも拝め翁の日」という句を残すほどに、松尾芭蕉を尊敬していた。