Like Nobunaga ODA, Nagayoshi was a well-educated person that focused on the economic power of Sakai City and often held the renga-kai (a gathering of linked verse) to pay particular attention to the relationship with the Imperial Court.
長慶は織田信長と同じく堺市の経済力に目をつけたり、朝廷との関係を重んじてたびたび連歌会を開くなど、豊かな教養人でもあった。