He participated in a landscape gardening business at Katsura Imperial Villa (or, Katsura Detached Palace) and Shugakuin Imperial Villa (or, Shugakuin Detached Palace) in Kyoto and studied the precincts of Buddhist temples, while designing many gardens in Japan and overseas.
京都桂離宮、修学院離宮にて造園実務に携わり、寺院境内の研究をする一方、国内外の庭園を多数設計。