He was a lecturer at Hekigan-kai organized by Soho TOKUTOMI, and had many followers through lectures and instructions for the political and financial circles as well as for intellectuals including Soseki NATSUME as a Buddhist layman.
徳富蘇峰主宰の碧巌会の講師をつとめ、政・財界、夏目漱石居士ら知識人への講義・指導を通じて多くの信奉者をもった。