Yasuteru was said to have an unfavorable appearance--a man of small build with an unattractive face, however, the profound style of his performance overwhelmed the Noh world and he left a lot of treatises and choreographies, and was one of the leading Tayu at that time.
安照は小柄で醜貌と恵まれない外見だったと伝えられるが、重厚な芸風によって能界を圧倒し、大量の芸論や型付を書残すなど、当時を代表する太夫の一人であった。