From about this time, he became closer to Okyo Maruyama, whose picture had a contrasting style to that of his master Buson, and he broke new ground in his paintings, by changing his style to a more realistic one while conserving a taste for literati painting.
この頃から、師匠の蕪村とは対照的な画風である円山応挙に接近、文人画の味わいを残しつつ、写実的な作風へと転進し、画境を開く。