After inheriting the position of master of the tea ceremony and taking the name Dokan (written as 道閑, 道漢), the fourth Lord of Sendai Domain, Tsunamura DATE, named him Dokan (written as 動閑).
茶道頭を世襲して道閑・道漢と名乗ったあと、仙台藩4代藩主伊達綱村より動閑と名付けられた。