When he was 37 years old, he was presented a mountain villa at Narutaki, in the northwestern part of Kyoto (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City) by Tsunahira NIJO, who had been favoring the Ogata brothers, and he built a kiln there.
乾山37歳の時、かねてより尾形兄弟に目をかけていた二条綱平が京の北西・鳴滝(京都市右京区)の山荘を与えた為ここに窯を開く。