Since he was from the Ashikaga Family, he was under the patronage of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), and opened Todo-za, which was an autonomous mutual support group of visually impaired males that existed in the Medieval Period to the early-modern times.
さらに、足利氏出身であったことから室町幕府からも庇護を受け、中世から近世にかけて存在した男性盲人の自治的互助組織である当道座を開いた。