He had many disciples and was a great figure, along with Banri Shukyu, who lived in the same era (the middle to late Gozan Bungaku) and whose origin can be traced back to Gido Shushin and Zuikei Shuho.
門弟も数多く、同年代の万里集九とともに、義堂周信・瑞渓周鳳から連なる五山文学における中・後期の巨星であった。