He built a hermitage called Kaiseki-an in Okazaki in Rakuto (east of the capital of Kyoto), and had intimate relationships with cultured persons, such as Daiten Kenjo, Genko DAICHO, Kenkado KIMURA and Fuyo KO.
洛東岡崎では介石庵を結び大典顕常・大潮元晧・木村蒹葭堂・高芙蓉ら文人と交わった。