He was known as a brilliant koto player and composed his own shamisen songs, but he was far more famous for playing lots of jiuta excellently, especially tegotomono (a form of Japanese chamber music) songs.
箏の名手として知られ、三味線の自作曲もあるが、むしろ多くの地歌、特に手事物曲に優れた箏の手付をしたことの方がはるかに有名である。