It was stated in "Yoza yakusha mokuroku" (Catalog of Actors of the Four Noh Troupes) that he became a believer of Sojun IKKYU and received a requiem from him, but this is doubtful.
一休宗純に帰依してその引導を受けたと『四座役者目録』などに語られるが、疑わしい。