Especially in Kishu (the present Wakayama prefecture), he visited Nankai GION, and was presented with "Kaishiengaden" which was a picture book that was introduced from China, and he was said to have learned many things from it ("Kaisekigawa" [comments on paintings by Kaiseki NORO]).
特に紀州の祇園南海を訪ね、中国渡来の画譜『芥子園画伝』を贈られこれによって多くを学んだとされる（『介石画話』）。