Zeami regarded him highly, and stated in "Sarugaku Dangi" (Talks about Sarugaku) that, 'Inuo is the best performer to have realized Yugen (the subtle and profound) in Noh, and he will never be surpassed'.
世阿弥は犬王をきわめて高く評価し、『申楽談儀』に「犬王は、上三花にて、つゐに中上にだに落ちず」と述べている。