He became famous during the period from 1469 until 1487 as a superior of Tatebana (standing flowers) and according to 'Hyakuhei Kanojo' (records of flower arrangement by a hundred people) (completed in 1600) compiled by Shocho GEKKEI, a Buddhist monk of Kyoto Tofuku-ji Temple, he is deemed as the founder of Ikenobo School.
文明(日本)年間（1469年-1487年）立花（たてばな）の上手として有名となり、京都東福寺の僧月渓聖澄による「百瓶華序」（1600年に成立）によると池坊の流祖とする。