Hoitsu respected Korin as a mentor and made Korin's works famous, but it is said that Hoitsu was unfamiliar with the relation between Sotatsu and Korin, and he didn't know of Sotatsu's 'Fujin Raijin zu' (The Wind and Thunder Gods) which is quite well known today.
抱一は、光琳に私淑し、光琳の画を広く世に知らしめた人物であるが、宗達と光琳の関係については詳しくなく、現在では有名な宗達の風神雷神図の存在を知らなかったと言われている。