He is sometimes added to the seven disciples of Rikyu, but while the seven disciples were handed down the daisu (a display stand for tea ceremony utensils) by Hideyoshi, Urakusai was handed down by Rikyu directly in the presence of Hideyoshi, and this indicates that Urakusai was treated as special.
利休七哲の一人に加えることもあるが、七哲は秀吉から台子の相伝を受けたのに対して、有楽斎は秀吉面前で利休から相伝を受けるという別格に遇されている。