Through interactions with poets of haikai such as Kihaku, who was also a travelling monk, and Jiryu and Bakusui, who were both from Kaga Province, he endeavored to revive haikai in the style of Basho.
俳人で行脚僧の既白や加賀国出身の二柳・麦水などと交流し、蕉風俳諧の復興を志した。