He became fukuroshi for House of Sen in the era of the sixth grand master of Omote Senke, Kakukakusai, and was given the go of Yuko by the seventh grandmaster, Joshinsai.
表千家の六代・覚々斎の時に千家の袋師となり、後に七代・如心斎より友湖の号を贈られた。