While his master Gettan mourned the death of his beloved disciple and, in his ceremonial message said, 'He was good at many arts,' Genjo was actually superior in painting, tenkoku and sculpture.
師月潭は愛弟子の死を悼み「諸芸を能くした」と祭文に述べているが、画・篆刻・彫刻に秀でた。