It is recorded in "Kokon Chomonju" (A Collection of Tales Heard, Past and Present) that his disciple Narimitsu is well known for his divine skill in painting pictures of chickens.
弟子の成光も、鶏がこれを見て蹴るほどの、すばらしい鶏の絵を描くことで有名だったというはなしが、『古今著聞集』にのっている。