Later, through the influence of poets such as Utsubo KUBOTA and Akahiko SHIMAGI, he developed what became known as the 'Rigen-cho' (lit. Rigen style) - simple, graphic tanka that makes use of spoken language and colloquialisms.
その後、窪田空穂や島木赤彦らに影響を受け、口語や俗語を使用し平易で写実的なその短歌は利玄調と呼ばれるようになった。