He was a master of making Noh masks and granted the title 'Tenka ichi' (Japan's No.1) by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, and his descendant took over the occupation, Noh-men uchi, from generation to generation.
能面製作の名人で、豊臣秀吉によって「天下一」の称号を許され、子孫は代々面打を世襲した。