He was also highly regarded as a great Noh performer who sought a continued existence of the Shimotsuma clan and Hongan-ji Temple with Noh in the turbulent war period by such as giving instruction on "Dobusho" (Comments on Noh Plays), a Noh-hidensho (book of secrets of Noh), to Tadayoshi MATSUDAIRA, the fourth son of Ieyasu.
家康の四男松平忠吉に能の秘伝書『童舞抄』を伝授するなど、戦国乱世にあって能をもって下間家と本願寺の存続をはかったという評価もなされている。