He seems to have perceived Okina as 'the existence that presides over the world of Noh of Saru Noh' (Sarugaku, which is a collective term for Noh and Kyogen that was used between the middle of the Kamakura Period and the beginning of the Meiji Period, and Nohgaku).
禅竹は翁を「猿能の能の世界を司る存在」と捉えていたようである。