He is know as an achiever who established wabi-cha or Soan no cha (deliberate simple style of the tea ceremony) in which he reduced any kind of decoration as much as possible, creating an atmosphere of tension.
何も削るものがないところまで無駄を省いて、緊張感を作り出すというわび茶（草庵の茶）の完成者として知られる。