Chiteiki' (Record of a Pond Pavilion), one of his books develops a criticism about the society and the refined taste of writers and noble men at that time, and therefore, is thought to have been a foundation of literature in a secluded life. (there are a variety of old statements)
著書｢池亭記」は、当時の社会批評と文人貴族の風流を展開し、隠棲文学の祖ともいわれている。（※諸説あり）