At that time, Koshu SAKAKIBARA, Doun IKENAGA and Kotaku HOSOI were famous in Edo in the field of tenkoku, but all of them were in the wake of Shinetsu TOKO, a naturalized priest.
当時、篆刻といえば江戸において榊原篁洲、池永道雲、細井広沢らが名を成していたが、いずれも帰化僧の東皐心越の流れを汲んでいた。