Chikuun's knowledge was so profound that he was admired as 'Three Great Confucianists around Murayama' along with Ton SUGAWARA in Yuzawa (the present Murayama City) and Shion SAGAE in Nagatoro (the present Higashine City).
竹雲の学識は湯沢（村山市）の菅原遯、長瀞（東根市）の寒河江市隠と並んで「村山の三儒者」と称された。