In 1462, he won the recognition of the 8th shogun, Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, after painting the fusuma-e (images drawn or painted on fusuma) of Shosen-ken in Kyoto Shokoku-ji Temple and in the following year, in 1463, he became the official painter of the shogun family as the successor of Shubun.
1462年（寛正3年）京都相国寺松泉軒の襖絵を描いて室町幕府8代将軍足利義政に認められ、翌1463年（寛正4年）周文の跡をついで将軍家の御用絵師となった。