What he preached was characterized by the egalitarianism ideas beyond the social status and penetrated not only to samurai but also to merchants and workmen so that they called him 'Omi Seijin.'
その説く所は身分の上下をこえた平等思想に特徴があり、武士だけでなく商工人まで広く浸透し「近江聖人」と呼ばれた。