His name was Genkyo, his common name was Kohachi which later became Shouemon, his azana (Chinese courtesy name which was, historically, the name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations; scholars and the literati of Japan adopted this custom of courtesy name) was Shisen, his second name other than Nankaku was Fuyokan, and he had Shusetsu, Kano and so on for his pseudonyms.
名前は元喬（げんきょう）、通称は幸八（こうはち）、のちに小右衛門（しょううえもん）、字を子遷（しせん）、号は南郭の他に芙蕖館（芙蓉館）（ふようかん）、画号に周雪（しゅうせつ）、観翁（かんおう）など。