And later on, while he was taking the important position in the world of sarugaku, he was actively engaged in instructing Noh actors in the next generation including Motomasa (his successor), his nephew Motoshige (Onami), Zenchiku KONPARU (his son-in-law) and Motoyoshi(the writer of "Sarugaku dangi").
以後も猿楽界の第一人者として重きをなす一方、後継者の元雅、甥の元重（音阿弥）、女婿の金春禅竹、そして『談儀』の著者である元能など次世代の能楽師たちの指導に励んだ。