He is reported to be the first person who used the name 'Sakon KANZE,' which is the a commonly used name of the Kanze family head down to the present, but this is likely to be inaccurate information for posterity.
現代に至るまで観世宗家の通り名となっている「観世左近」を初めて名乗った人物ともされるが、後代の誤伝の可能性が高い。