Considering that Chui was made the jito (manager and lord of manor) of Bonotsu (present-day Bonotsu-cho, Minami-Satsuma City), which was later to become known as a smuggling center of the Satsuma clan, there is no doubt that he was more than just an excellent swordsman.
後に薩摩藩密貿易の拠点とも言われた坊津（現在の南さつま市坊津町）の地頭となったところからみても、剣術だけの人物でなかったことは確かである。