There remains a story in which Hideyoshi asked Rikyu, "Who should performed a tea ceremony around the inner sanctuary of the Great Buddha (at the Hoko-ji Temple)?", to which Rikyu replied, "Doan should.", recommending Doan ("Sawa Shigetsu shu" [a collection of Genpaku Sotan's talks about tea]).
秀吉が利休に「大仏（方広寺）の内陣を囲いて茶の湯すべき者は誰ぞ」と尋ねたところ、「道安が仕るべき」と道安を推挙したとの逸話が残されている（『茶話指月集』）。