Masakata excelled in calligraphic works and paintings such as Sansui-ga (Chinese-style landscape painting) and Kacho-ga (painting of flowers and birds), and the range of his cultural performance broadened to Igo (board game of capturing territory) and green tea ceremony.
正賢自身は山水画や花鳥画など書画に優れ、囲碁や煎茶道などにもその芸域が及んだ。